[WASHINGTONTIMES] Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted he misled Sherlocks about his role in a media leak and apologized for it, according to transcripts of his interviews with Sherlocks released Thursday.The transcripts were released by the Justice Department’s inspector general in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
An unidentified FBI investigator detailed his frustration with Mr. McCabe over the time he spent investigating the leak, only to discover the leak came from the former deputy director himself, according to the transcripts. Mr. McCabe had repeatedly denied he was the source of the leak, but later confessed and apologized when the investigator confronted him, the transcripts said.