Fired FBI ex-Deputy Driector Andrew McCabe openly condemned President Trump for ousting him "in the most disembodied, impersonal way"
Friday, March 23, 2018
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| Veteran FBI agent Andrew McCabe, pictured in 2017, said he found out about his firing "in the most disembodied, impersonal way" (AFP Photo/ALEX WONG) |
VietPress USA (Mar. 23, 2018): Andrew George McCabe[4] (born March 18, 1968) is an American attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from February 2016 to January 2018.
After firing FBI Director James Comey, Trump criticized McCabe on several occasions, including reportedly calling him to complain that Comey had been allowed to fly home from Los Angeles on a government plane after his abrupt dismissal, and suggesting that McCabe ask his wife "how it feels to be a loser". In January 2018 it was reported that Attorney General Sessions had been pressuring FBI Director Wray to fire McCabe, but Wray refused and reportedly threatened to resign if McCabe was removed.
McCabe announced his resignation as deputy director on January 29, 2018, and had been on leave until his scheduled retirement date on March 18, 2018.
On March 14, 2018, the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility recommended that McCabe should be fired because of an internal report that he misled investigators about his decision to allow FBI officials to give information about the Clinton Foundation investigation to the media.
On March 16, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe less than two days before his retirement that he would have collected a full early pension for his FBI career. He may have to wait until age 57-62 to begin collecting pension benefits.
Today Andrew McCabe sent his letter to The Washington Post to condemn Trump and his administration fired him "in the most disembodied, impersonal way".
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Ex-FBI agent McCabe condemns 'unhinged attacks' by Trump
AFPWashington (AFP) - Veteran FBI agent Andrew McCabe, who was fired just before his retirement, condemned on Friday the "extended humiliation" and "unhinged public attacks" he endured from President Donald Trump and his administration.
McCabe, writing in The Washington Post, said he found out about his sacking earlier this month third-hand from a friend who called to tell him about a news report, only later receiving an email from the Justice Department.
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"After two decades of public service, I found out that I had been fired in the most disembodied, impersonal way," he said.
According to the Justice Department, McCabe, who was the FBI's deputy under former director James Comey, was fired because he made unauthorized disclosures to the media, and had not been fully honest "on multiple occasions" with the department's inspector general.
He denied those allegations, saying that he "did not knowingly mislead or lie to investigators," and that his contact with a reporter was "fully within my power to authorize as deputy director."
Trump has repeatedly accused McCabe and Comey of having protected presidential candidate Hillary Clinton from prosecution over her misuse of a private email server while she was secretary of state, and over the actions of the private Clinton Foundation set up by her husband, former president Bill Clinton.
Trump was also publicly upset about McCabe's defense of Comey -- whom the president fired in May 2017 in frustration at the ongoing FBI probe into alleged collusion between his election campaign and Russia.
McCabe is potentially a key witness in that probe.
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