Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire.
Sessions announced the decision in a statement just before 10 p.m., noting that both the Justice Department Inspector General and the FBI office that handles discipline had found “that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions.”
He said based on those findings and the recommendation of the department’s senior career official, “I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately.”
Entire story at
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbis-andrew-mccabe-is-fired-a-little-more-than-24-hours-before-he-could-retire/2018/03/16/e055a22a-2895-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.2d819a6f4504
The OPR, Office of Professional Responsibility, and the Justice Department Inspector General both recommended that McCabe be fired. Both offices would have had to have solid proof of serious wrong-doing to recommend dismissal.
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Well it's about time he was fired. All the good,decent men & women of the FBI are celebrating tonight. When the Inspector General's report come out in a few days,we are going to see many more Clinton dominoes start falling. When I see the indictments start coming down, my faith in the US justice system might be restored.
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