--- description: McCabe testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday; ousted FBI Director James Comey was originally expected to appear title: Acting FBI Director: 'No Effort to Impede' Investigation Into Russian Meddling image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ba94371f86e757b/6988cce08fd2ee103a357010/gettyimages-681922516.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Acting FBI Director: 'No Effort to Impede' Investigation Into Russian Meddling by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2017 3:22 PM CUT  Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and the other heads of the U.S. intelligence agencies prepare to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and the other heads of the U.S. intelligence agencies prepare to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty ImagesAlex Wong—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2017 3:22 PM CUT Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations [Andrew McCabe](http://time.com/4775602/andrew-mccabe-fbi-senate-intelligence-committee-watch-online/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") in a seat initially set to be occupied by the [ousted Comey](http://time.com/4775221/james-comey-farewell-letter-trump/ "undefined"). 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/ "undefined"). 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. ```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":"2026-02-23T04:52:48.812Z","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/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"}}]}] ```