--- title: Andrew McCabe: 'No Effort' to Block FBI Russia Probe description: McCabe testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday; ousted FBI Director James Comey was originally expected to appear canonical: https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-11T15:22:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:02:01.712Z article:section: Politics og:title: Acting FBI Director: 'No Effort to Impede' Investigation Into Russian Meddling og:description: "You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing." og:url: https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba94371f86e757b/6988cce08fd2ee103a357010/gettyimages-681922516.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Intelligence Chiefs Testify At Senate Intelligence Hearing On World Wide Threats og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Acting FBI Director: 'No Effort to Impede' Investigation Into Russian Meddling twitter:description: "You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba94371f86e757b/6988cce08fd2ee103a357010/gettyimages-681922516.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Acting FBI Director: 'No Effort to Impede' Investigation Into Russian Meddling > Sponsored content. 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Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe disputed White House claims that rank and file members of the Federal Bureau of Investigations had "lost confidence" in former Director James Comey._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan May 11, 2017 3:22 PM UTC Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe disputed White House claims that rank and file members of the Federal Bureau of Investigations had "lost confidence" in former Director James Comey. by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan May 11, 2017 3:22 PM UTC Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations [Andrew McCabe](http://time.com/4775602/andrew-mccabe-fbi-senate-intelligence-committee-watch-online/) told a Senate panel that ongoing investigations at the Bureau—including probes into any possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia—are still underway despite the President Trump’s [firing of Director James Comey](http://time.com/4775430/the-comey-misfire/) on Tuesday. “There has been no effort to impede our investigation to date,” McCabe said in response to a question posed by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.”You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing, protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.” McCabe made his public debut as acting director on Thursday, testifying before the [Senate Intelligence Committee](http://time.com/4775602/andrew-mccabe-fbi-senate-intelligence-committee-watch-online/) in a seat initially set to be occupied by the [ousted Comey](http://time.com/4775221/james-comey-farewell-letter-trump/). Both senators and the witnesses from the intelligence community largely tip-toed around the elephant in the room throughout the hearing: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats delivered a lengthy opening statement for the whole group, Chair Richard Burr steered questions away from the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and toward broader national security threats. But Burr did ask McCabe about interactions the President had with Director Comey in reference to the ongoing investigation into his [campaign’s possible ties to Russia](http://time.com/4773529/james-comey-fbi-trump-russia/). A line in the President’s letter of dismissal to Comey suggests that the president was informed on “three separate occasions” that he was not directly under FBI investigation. That line has raised questions about how much the Russia investigation influenced Trump’s decision to let Comey go. “I cannot comment on any conversations that the Director may have had with the president,” McCabe said. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top ranking Democrat on the committee, also asked McCabe to commit to notifying them if there is any future attempt to interfere with the investigation into Russian meddling. “I absolutely do,” he said. McCabe appeared before the Senate panel with other leaders within the intelligence community to discuss global threats to the U.S. and national security. ## Transcript [00:00] I can tell you that I hold Director Comey in the absolute [00:03] highest regard. I have the highest respect for his [00:06] considerable abilities, and his integrity. And it has been [00:11] the greatest privilege and honor of my professional life to [00:13] work with him. I can tell you also, [00:18] that Director Comey enjoyed Broad support within [00:22] the FBI, and still does to this day. We are a large [00:26] organization. We are 36, 500 people across [00:30] this country, across this globe. We have a diversity of [00:34] opinions about many things. But I can confidently [00:38] tell you That the vast majority of FBI employees [00:43] enjoyed a deep and positive connection to Director [00:48] Comey. I think the American people want to know, has the [00:52] dismissal of Mr. Comey in any way impeded, interrupted, [00:55] stopped, or negatively impacted Any of the work, any [01:00] investigation or any ongoing projects at the Federal [01:03] Bureau of Investigations. As [01:08] you know, Senator, [ COUGH ] the work of the men and [01:11] women of the FBI continues, despite any Changes [01:17] in circumstance. Any decisions. So there has been no [01:21] effort to impede our investigation to date. Quite simply put, [01:25] sir, you cannot stop the men and women of the FBI [01:29] from doing the right thing, protecting the American people [01:32] and upholding the Constitution. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/"},"headline":"Acting FBI Director: 'No Effort to Impede' Investigation Into Russian Meddling","datePublished":"2017-05-11T15:22:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:02:01.712Z","description":"“There has been no effort to impede our investigation to date,\" McCabe said Thursday","url":"https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/","keywords":["Congress","russia","Senate","FBI","James Comey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba94371f86e757b/6988cce08fd2ee103a357010/gettyimages-681922516.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba94371f86e757b/6988cce08fd2ee103a357010/gettyimages-681922516.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Intelligence Chiefs Testify At Senate Intelligence Hearing On World Wide Threats","caption":"Intelligence Chiefs Testify At Senate Intelligence Hearing On World Wide Threats","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/","name":"Acting FBI Director: 'No Effort to Impede' Investigation Into Russian Meddling"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Acting FBI Director Disputes White House Claim that FBI 'Lost Confidence' in Comey","description":"Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe disputed White House claims that rank and file members of the Federal Bureau of Investigations had \"lost confidence\" in former Director James Comey.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UgqNaD18/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-05-11T16:22:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UgqNaD18.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/","duration":"PT1M33S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4775707/andrew-mccabe-congress-testimony/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```