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according to a recently released report, virginia democratic gov. terry mcauliffe, who has ties with bill and hillary clinton, gave almost $500,000 to support the wife of an fbi official who was implicated in the investigation of hillary clinton<u+2019>s unsecured email server from which she shared classified information from while secretary of state. mcauliffe<u+2019>s political organization gave over half a million in cash and material support to the election campaign of the wife of the official who helped oversee the clinton email investigation. 




according to campaign finance records, mcauliffe<u+2019>s political-action committee gave $467,500 to support dr. jill mccabe<u+2019>s state senate campaign. she is married to andrew mccabe, the current deputy director of the federal bureau of investigation. 




gov. mcauliffe also has a considerable amount of influence over the virginia democratic party which also donated an additional $207,788 worth mailers to dr. mccabe<u+2019>s campaign. the $675,000 that was donated by entities under the control of mr. mcauliffe, made up more than a third of all the campaign funds dr. mccabe raised to run for office. 




state party leaders hand-picked dr. mccabe to run, but lost to incumbent republican dick black. according to a statement released by the fbi, mr. mccabe <u+201c>played no role, attended no events, and did not participate in fundraising or support of any kind. months after the completion of her campaign, then-associate deputy director mccabe was promoted to deputy, where, in that position, he assumed for the first time, an oversight role in the investigation into secretary clinton<u+2019>s emails.<u+201d> fbi official<u+2019>s wife involved in email case got big donations from hillary<u+2019>s people share this:
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