AP Fact Check: No 'criminal act' in case of FBI agent's wife

(AP) — Donald Trump was out of bounds when he accused rival Hillary Clinton of committing a "criminal act" by giving large campaign contributions to the wife of an FBI official who later supervised the agency's investigation into Clinton's email practices when she was secretary of state.

Trump may have a legitimate gripe about the FBI's conflict-of-interest policies, but his assertion that Clinton tried to influence a key investigator through donations to his wife are incorrect because her husband didn't become involved in the email probe until after her bid for office had already failed.

There's also nothing unusual about the overall size of those donations, as McCabe's race was one of only a handful of competitive state Senate districts in 2015.

Democrats have long wanted to oust GOP state Senator Dick Black, an outspoken conservative and abortion foe, and thought that having a female physician like McCabe as their candidate was their best shot.

In Virginia, which has virtually no rules on political fundraising, sitting governors are expected to use their clout to raise big money and help their party succeed in off-year legislative elections such as those in 2015.