Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, just over 24 hours before he was set to retire and claim his full pension benefits after a long career in the FBI during which he earned a reputation as one of the sw…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, just over 24 hours before he was set to retire and claim his full pension benefits after a long career in the FBI during which he earned a reputation as one of the swamp’s dirtiest creatures.
Sessions noted that both the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz as well as the FBI’s disciplinary office had found “that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor – including under oath – on multiple occasions.“
So, McCabe was involved in leaks and he lied under oath.
Horowitz found that McCabe had authorized two FBI officials to talk to then-Wall Street Journal reporter Devlin Barrett for a story about the case and another investigation into Clinton’s family foundation. Barrett now works for The Washington Post. –WaPo
Friday was the last business day for the Trump administration to fire former deputy FBI director and Clinton ally Andrew McCabe before he qualified for his $55,230 per year pension – comprised of our tax money. He’s been on so-called “terminal leave” since the time of the Nunes FISA memo.
But Jeff Sessions finally seized the moment and fired McCabe, and now bent former Clinton spook/alleged New York Times leak organizer will have to settle for a mere $0/year and no medical insurance in pension benefits.
Former FBI officials tell CNN that McCabe could also lose out on future health care coverage in his retirement, but the “most significant ‘damage’ to a separated FBI employee is: loss of lifetime medical benefits for self and family,” tweeted CNN law enforcement analyst James A. Gagliano, a retired FBI supervisory special agent.
It has been reported McCabe spent four hours at the DOJ on Friday afternoon begging for his pension entitlements. The lack of a lifetime of medical insurance is certainly a bitter pill for the dirty cop to swallow. But frankly, McCabe is lucky not to be in handcuffs, leg irons and a belt c..
