Andy McCabe: Widely Reported Ukraine Meddling in 2016 a ‘Fictitious Theory’

‘He adopted a conspiracy theory propagated by Russia with the effect of withholding security assistance’

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MCCABE: “I think it’s really important the comments that you, Jim and Jamie, made about the Russia implications here. It’s not just that he subverted U.S. policy for this fictitious theory about Ukrainian meddling in -- in the election, which, by the way, the absolutely unanimous conclusion that it was Russia, not Ukraine is a conclusion based on fact. The United States government has detailed hard forensic evidence of the Russians’ engagement in that meddling. So he adopts a conspiracy theory propagated by Russia with the effect of withholding security assistance that would have been used to battle Russia and Ukraine. So it’s not just his adoption of the conspiracy theory is in line with Russian goals but the effect of that adoption is to deny our ally, the aid they need to fight the Russians on the battlefield.”

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