Skip to content
Wednesday, 11 November 2026Malta edition Enquire Malta-24 Briefing @CDNewsDispatch
Malta's world news feed Local perspective with global outlook
CDE.NEWS The Dispatch
Enquire
LATEST
GO’s TOKIS TV Channel Monthly Viewership Exceeds Six Million EU’s biggest-ever recruitment exam draws record 174,727 applicants, nearly half from Italy Prince Harry backs EU drive to protect children online, as Meghan makes first appearance since father’s court case David Walliams named as celebrity behind High Court bid to stop media reporting misconduct allegations Grocery supplier Princes sees canned goods demand jump on UK stockpiling push

Former FBI deputy director claims that Trump might have committed a crime

cde.news desk · 1 min read
Xinf
epa07372814 US President Donald J. Trump arrives to speak about a 328 billion USD (290.7 billion euro) spending bill to prevent another government shutdown at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 15 February 2019. President Trump also declared a national emergency to attempt to build his long-promised border wall. Democratic lawmakers have already announced they will challenge that declaration. EPA-EFE/CHRIS KLEPONIS / POOL

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of the FBI and tried to publicly undermine an investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia.

McCabe also said in the interview with 60 Minutes in the US that the FBI had good reason to open a counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was in league with Russia, and therefore a possible national security threat, following the May 2017 firing of then-FBI Director James Comey.

“And the idea is, if the president committed obstruction of justice, fired the director of the of the FBI to negatively impact or to shut down our investigation of Russia’s malign activity and possibly in support of his campaign, as a counterintelligence investigator you have to ask yourself, “Why would a president of the United States do that?” McCabe said

He added: “So all those same sorts of facts cause us to wonder is there an inappropriate relationship, a connection between this president and our most fearsome enemy, the government of Russia?”

News.Au

Topics Donald TrumpFBIUS