FBI Deputy Director McCabe fired hours before retirement, accused of making misleading statements in internal investigation
Washington Post:
FBI’s McCabe is fired 26 hours before he could retirePresident Trump and others thought McCabe had some responsibility for the failure to charge Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified materials. To many, it looked like the fix was in with the FBI and DOJ. There were two primary reasons for that feeling. First, such a ruling would also reflect on Obama who had to be aware that Clinton was mishandling classified material. Second, there was political animus by many in the FBI and DOJ against Trump as the candidate for the GOP.
Andrew McCabe, who had stepped down from his post as FBI deputy director earlier this year but remained an employee, had been a lightning rod in the political battles surrounding the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe. The firing will likely cost McCabe a significant portion of his retirement benefit.
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