President Trump asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s deputy director, Andrew McCabe, whom he voted for during a meeting in the Oval Office in 2017, a new report says.
In his response, McCabe, who then was the acting FBI director, said he did not cast a vote for president in the election, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Trump had invited McCabe to the White House to get to know him better, just after he fired former FBI Director James Comey. Before Trump asked about McCabe’s vote, the two were engaged in a casual discussion, current and former U.S. officials told the Post.
McCabe found the question “disturbing," one former official said. Another source told the Post that the conversation has piqued the interest of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In August 2017, Christopher Wray assumed office as the new FBI director after being confirmed by the Senate.
Several Republicans have called for McCabe to be replaced or subpoenaed after it was uncovered that anti-Trump text messages were exchanged between FBI officials.
