Donald Trump wants Andrew McCabe fired, and if McCabe is fired his only hope is Donald Trump
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Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is three days away from retirement. However, odds that he’s ever going to see his pension would seem to be small. Officials at the FBI have recommended that McCabe be fired, potentially upending his plans to retirDonald Trump wants Andrew McCabe fired, and if McCabe is fired his only hope is Donald Trump
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is three days away from retirement. However, odds that he’s ever going to see his pension would seem to be small. Officials at the FBI have recommended that McCabe be fired, potentially upending his plans to retire on Sunday. The precise allegations against McCabe remain unclear, but he has been accused of a lack of candor during a review by the Justice Department inspector general into decisions made at the FBI in advance of the 2016 election. Those accusations are related to incidents in which McCabe gave permission for agents working under his direction to talk to a reporter about the FBI’s interest in the Clinton Foundation. McCabe was also at the head of the team that took emails found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop to then Director James Comey and insisted he reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email just ten days before the election. McCabe’s actions gave the impression that the FBI continued to harbor suspicions about Clinton, and contributed directly—and according to polls, critically—to Trump’s victory. The impact of Comey’s letter is comparatively easy to quantify… At a minimum, its impact might have been only a percentage point or so. Still, because Clinton lost Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by less than 1 point, the letter was probably enough to change the outcome of the Electoral College. The inspector general’s report on McCabe is likely enough to justify his firing. And his contribution to putting Trump in office makes it hard to have much sympathy for McCabe. If it wasn’t for one little factor, he’d likely be getting set to walk away from this with the FBI equivalent of a dishonorable discharge. But there is that one thing … xFBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017 If Andrew McCabe has a case to make, it’s that Donald Trump hounded him from office, and attempted to influence others to take away the pension McCabe earned over a twenty-year career. Read more