CNN: ":"\u003cstrong>The DOJ's refusal to prosecute former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe undermines the President's go-to theory about the 2016 election\u003c/strong>", "BANNER=|pagerendered| ((lubuntu at la65))

|| screaming-banner-text banner-text-size--char-47" data-analytics="_list-hierarchical-xs_article_"> Trump's 'Deep State' conspiracy took a big hit ||" , title: "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos" , siblings: {"articleList":[{"uri":"/2020/02/14/politics/andrew-mccabe-donald-trump-department-of-justice/index.html","headline":"\u003cstrong>The DOJ's refusal to prosecute former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe undermines the President's go-to theory about the 2016 election\u003c/strong>","thumbnail":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200213023804-donald-trump-lessons-impeachment-tapper-lead-sot-vpx-00011729-small-11.jpg","duration":"","description":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/president-donald-trump-45\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> is deeply invested in the idea that there is a \"Deep State\" embedded within the government bureaucracy -- and centered in the Department of Justice -- which actively worked to defeat him in 2016 and then sought to undermine him once he won the presidency.","layout":""