McCabe's lawyers try to knock down idea of feud with Comey

By ELANA SCHOR 04/20/2018 12:02 PM EDT

As President Donald Trump stokes tension between the FBI's former No. 1 and No. 2, the counsel for fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Friday sought to tamp down any hint of a rift with ex-bureau director James Comey.

But McCabe's camp isn't wavering from its response to an explosive Department of Justice inspector general's report that has prompted a criminal referral against him for allegedly lying under oath — a response that rests in part on claims that Comey's memory of the underlying incidents is shaky.

McCabe counsel Michael Bromwich said Friday that the DOJ and FBI this week barred him from sharing previously unreleased interview transcripts, including some from Comey, that help make that case.

Bromwich told reporters that he has assembled an 11-page rebuttal to the inspector general's report "that goes through every allegation and rebuts it, and we have not been allowed to share that with you."

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