Posted on 03/17/2018 5:16:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
It’s over. Former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe has been fired from the bureau. The announcement occurred a little after 10 P.M. The move comes around two days prior to McCabe receiving his hefty pension package. That is now in doubt, though The Washington Post said McCabe could file a lawsuit to receive full benefits. He spoke with FBI officials for four hours this week to ensure he wasn’t terminated before his pre-determined retirement. McCabe was forced out of his position at the FBI in January, but he wasn't fired. He was put on something called "terminal leave," where he remains employed at the FBI until his retirement that was set to be later this month. It would've allowed him to obtain that $1.8 million pension that was lined up (via WaPo):
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.”
The move will likely cost McCabe a significant portion of his retirement benefits, though it is possible he could bring a legal challenge. McCabe has been fighting vigorously to keep his job, and on Thursday, he spent nearly four hours inside the Justice Department pleading his case.
McCabe was cited for improperly disclosing the friction between the Department of Justice and the FBI over the investigation into the Clinton Foundation to The Wall Street Journal, and for misleading investigators when questioned about it in a DOJ inspector general report. Due to this revelation, the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility recommended his termination.
In a statement, Attorney Jeff Sessions explained why he decided to terminate McCabe effective immediately:
After an extensive and fair investigation and according to Department of Justice procedure, the Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) provided its report on allegations of misconduct by Andrew McCabe to the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).
The FBI’s OPR then reviewed the report and underlying documents and issued a disciplinary proposal recommending the dismissal of Mr. McCabe. Both the OIG and FBI OPR reports concluded that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor - including under oath - on multiple occasions.
The FBI expects every employee to adhere to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and accountability. As the OPR proposal stated, “all FBI employees know that lacking candor under oath results in dismissal and that our integrity is our brand.”
Pursuant to Department Order 1202, and based on the report of the Inspector General, the findings of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility, and the recommendation of the Department’s senior career official, I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately.
UPDATE: McCabe says the Obama-appointed IG is singling him out.
FULL TEXT: Former FBI Deputy Director McCabe releases statement on firing, says effort driven by the president himself "to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn." pic.twitter.com/1sCqxZysG1— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 17, 2018
McCabe accuses IG Horowitz, an Obama appointee, of singling him out to appease Trump. https://t.co/gurWfkqUgs— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 17, 2018
UPDATE II: President Trump says McCabe firing is a “great day for democracy.”
Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018
How long before we hear of a book contract for McCabe with a multi-million dollar advance?
That's the way they get their payoffs with laundered money.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!
9:08 PM · Mar 16, 2018
Agree 100% but....one of the few advantages of the so called information age is that their self serving lies are often debunked well before the book is published. John Dean still enjoys credibility and popularity among the lefties because the media saw to it nobody could blunt his saint routine. Donna Brazile’s book, for example, came and went inside a week despite her PR firm pushing ‘explosive’ quotes that were really pulled punches. She got paid but the book didn’t make a dime. E-publishing is a relatively inexpensive pursuit but let’s hope even e-publishers stop propping up liars. I also hope legal jeopardy prevents him from talking...except to a judge.
McCabe is another satellite in the orbit of the Clintons and has found gravity an unwelcome force. More please.
He was axed to leave.
The Obamacare medicare cuts kicked in bigly this year.
“McCabe continues his lying by saying he is innocent!”
While the press has focused the anti-Trump angle in McCabe’s answer, McCabe (weakly) addressed the cause of his firing - “lack of candor” i.e. lying. He said that at worst he was “distracted” in the midst of chaotic events...that he answered as truthfully as he could amidst the chaos. (How does one answer “as truthfully as he could”? Does this mean one might not be able to be truthful if there is chaos around and therefore this is excusable?)
He also said when he thought “his answers” were “misunderstood” he then contacted investigators to “correct them”. I wonder what Flynn thinks about that? Or better, Martha Stewart who “corrected her records” too after speaking to investigators. And McCabe wants some slack cut for him for his “misunderstood” statements? If he is lucky, he will only suffer being fired. He claims he is innocent yes, but even his written response he could not declare that he was always truthful.
The bottom line is there is now a strong public record that McCabe lies; despite the MSM’s hack partisanship, McCabe’s credibility, his ability to be truthful despite chaos and under pressure is impeachable should he try to corroborate Comey’s version of discussions with Trump. Comey is going to need help from someone else. McCabe is an attorney and he was taught about impeaching witnesses.
I was wondering the same thing. I understand the military 20 year retirement, because getting the young to commit to war, separation, isolation, and 24/7 duty is unique.
Maybe being fbi is also dangerous, but do regular GS employees also have a 20 year plan?
Happens for many groups....firemen, policemen, military. Don’t hold your breath.
All he had to do was be honest, but oh no; that was too much like work.
Twitter has this great blocking feature. There are lists that help you block hundreds of pervs and retards at a time. I never see Mitchell or any like demons in my feed. You only have to know that they will always lie. The shape of the lie is unimportant.
BUT...if he had left on his own and acquired another civil service job, he might have been able to attach the shortage. He insisted on playing a game his way. AND I'll bet you 10 to one....that Comey tutored him.
“McCabe will lose his medical at least”
His wife is a working Dr. Medical Ins. is the least of his issues.
This whole episode and its timing has me thinking; what if, just like in a spy novel, nothing is Quite like it appears? What if, the long visit to the DOJ, by McCabe, was actually his confession to save himself from going to jail? What if, the response he made, attacking the president, was a ruse to keep the bad actors un-informed of what is really happening?
This means that the president and the rest of the good guys are playing the MSM like a fiddle with bigger fish about to fall into the net. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Just wait. You'll have plenty of company in time.
Rather than being excited by his temporary challenges, wouldn’t it be wonderful for Mr McCabe and us for him to begin singing like a Canary, and exposing perhaps more than we all thought we knew?
When I had my two girls in 1995 and 2003 I received no bills in the mail. The hospital took the 80% and never asked for the rest. The good old days!
Maybe Flyn was distracted etc. Where was you compassion for Flynn?
I do believe we are sorta on the same page here. See post # 34.
Actually, that was a rather tasteless move.
And the .gov workers in DC will hate Trump even more.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.