Andrew McCabe, a Target of Trumps F.B.I. Scorn, Is Fired Over Candor Questions

[MelissaB]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director and a frequent target of President Trump’s scorn, was fired Friday after the Justice Department rejected an appeal that would have let him retire this weekend.

Mr. McCabe promptly declared that his firing, and Mr. Trump’s persistent needling, were intended to undermine the special counsel’s investigation in which he is a potential witness.

Mr. McCabe is accused in a yet-to-be-released internal report of failing to be forthcoming about a conversation he authorized between F.B.I. officials and a journalist.

In an interview, Mr. McCabe was blunt. “The idea that I was dishonest is just wrong,” he said, adding, “This is part of an effort to discredit me as a witness.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/politics/andrew-mccabe-fbi-fired.html

[MelissaB]

1. Let the FBI leaks and blowback begin.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. It is also mean & vindictive. He can sue for his pension. They waited till literally the last day.

I think he'd win his pension.

[herding cats]

9. He can, and I agree he will.

Mean and vindictive as this move was, all I think it ultimately does is take away a reason for Trump to fire Sessions outside of the Russia investigation scope.

[Volaris]

27. Vindictive is right.

So when this worthless howler monkey of a man begs the court for mercy at sentencing, I hope like hell the Court and the prosecuting attys at the Justice Department REMEMBER THIS.

[PunksMom]

17. I agree

[laserhaas]

47. If he has his 20 years already in, how can a firing stop it?

Just saying.....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

51. He has a case on vindictivenes. Outside of that ...

He might have another case that will depend on technicalities (does firing stop vacation days due), but it does not deny the bald obvious fact that the way he was fired was vindictive and not done for proper cause of dismissal, especially since it was moot with regard to the function of the organization. He was already out of the chain of command.

[laserhaas]

54. Wish Mueller could put a stop to this chit

[MFM008]

3. Just saw

Alert on this.
Sessions fired him because of
"Lack of candor" in Clinton Investigation.

Lack of candor say the liars.
Now he can't draw a pension which he would have earned on his 50th birthday on Sunday.

Maggot is a rat bastard.

[dem4decades]

52. Kind of ironic considering Sessions confirmation testimony.

[George II]

5. Freaking scumbags fire a guy two days before he qualifies for his pension....

....after ~30 years of government service.

What a damned vindictive person trump is. Anything bad that happens to him in the future is sorely deserved.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. This is who SIXTY MILLION Americans worship

[laserhaas]

48. Can't wait until the day they turn on Trump

His narcissistic head will implode

[underpants]

6. Petty mean and vindictive

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Pile on the Obstruction

There are big things happening

[alittlelark]

8. Shit is getting REAL......

[MelissaB]

10. McCabe got zero heads up he was fired, source tells me. Learned from reporters.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. lock up sessions

I want to see that vile, conniving, racist, evil elf behind bars.

[laserhaas]

49. Sessions should have been disbarred, already

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. McCabe needs to get a good lawyer and sue those bastards.

[herding cats]

34. From the statement he just released, Id say he already has one.

This is going to very interesting.

[greatauntoftriplets]

38. He's pissed.

I can't blame him. I bet that Mueller is watching this closely. What a shitty thing to do to a person.

[herding cats]

39. He is, and rightfully so.

I’m sure Mueller is watching this and seeing who does what.

His case just got more complications added to it, but it’s also more fuel.

I said before, I’m wondering I’d Trump’s strategy with Mueller is to keep this investigation going on until he’s dead. The way he keeps adding fuel to it, it may not be the joke I used to think it was.

[laserhaas]

53. Seems totally candid - to me

[lkinwi]

13. What a bunch of shit!

[GP6971]

14. Just wait

can't wait for the pushback...and it will severe. And I sure hope so.

[metalbot]

33. There were many straws on the camel's back

...and I think it's sort of bizarre, but I think this is the thing that is really going to cross the line. There will be other allegations, and much more evidence, but this will be marked as a very real turning point in Trump's downfall.

[Zorro]

43. I think this will not be well received by the public

[errant boy]

15. The "Cleanse" Continues

[bucolic_frolic]

16. The exercise of raw power to keep others in line

This is evil in so many ways

[John Fante]

18. McCabe will sue and win.

All Trump and Sessions achieved with this stunt was showing the world yet again that they are among the most despicable public servants this nation has ever produced.

[BigmanPigman]

21. Neither is a public servant.

They do NOT serve the public...they rape, pillage and burn the country and flag. Pure, unadulterated evil!

[lunatica]

23. I hope he does sue and wi

and for damages too

[MelissaB]

19. From Manu Raju ‏

Andy McCabe tells @PamelaBrownCNN and @LauraAJarrett that Nunes memo "selectively quoted" and "mischaracterized" what he said to House Intel. “We started the investigations without the dossier. We were proceeding with the investigations before we ever received that information.”

Link to tweet

McCabe also says: “I absolutely never misled the inspector general in any way," calling his highly-public downfall the result of "a series of attacks designed to undermine my credibility and my reputation” including by President Trump.

Link to tweet

[Judi Lynn]

22. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Is Fired 2 Days Before Retirement

Carla Herreria
HuffPost•March 16, 2018

Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI and a frequent target of President Donald Trump, was fired Friday, days before his formal retirement. The firing of McCabe, a civil servant who has been at the bureau for more than two decades, could significantly affect his pension. 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the decision to oust McCabe after the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility recommended he be fired for his alleged lack of candor during an internal review of how the FBI and Justice Department handled an investigation into the Clinton Foundation. McCabe and his attorney met Thursday with Scott Schools, the highest-ranking career employee of the Justice Department, in an attempt to prevent the firing or at least save his ability to begin collecting a pension estimated at $60,000 a year.

McCabe, a lifelong Republican, had officially stepped down from his post in late January but was using accrued leave to stay on the FBI’s payroll until his retirement date on Sunday, his 50th birthday. Being fired before his birthday means he’d have to wait several more years before he can draw a pension.

More:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-020008530.html?soc_trk=gcm&soc_src=bef2a7b5-90e6-3bf7-8d7c-669cedbab8dd&.tsrc=notification-brknews

[bucolic_frolic]

24. All I can say is "When?"

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Kablooie]

25. Two days before his retirement.

....

[Leghorn21]

26. NBC, Jan. 29:

WASHINGTON —

The day after he fired James Comey as director of the FBI, a furious President Donald Trump called the bureau's acting director, Andrew McCabe, demanding to know why Comey had been allowed to fly on an FBI plane from Los Angeles back to Washington after he was dismissed, according to multiple people familiar with the phone call.


McCabe told the president he hadn’t been asked to authorize Comey’s flight, but if anyone had asked, he would have approved it, three people familiar with the call recounted to NBC News.

The president was silent for a moment and then turned on McCabe, suggesting he ask his wife how it feels to be a loser — an apparent reference to a failed campaign for state office in Virginia that McCabe’s wife made in 2015.

McCabe replied, “OK, sir.” Trump then hung up the phone.

[Texin]

28. Doesn't this also open an argument legally for wrongfull termination allegations?

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

30. If Sessions did it unilaterally or under Trumps orders, maybe

I'm not well versed in that particular section of law. But, it may be difficult considering the Office of Professional Responsibility recommended that he be fired, and the head of the OPR was appointed by AG Holder back in 2011. And OPR reports to Rosenstein from what I can tell. Sessions can simply say he was following the OPR recommendation.

[exboyfil]

55. That is how it has been portrayed

I would wait for the IG report to become public before making a final decision. The important thing to remember is that lower level FBI agents have apparently been fired for the same offense (lack of "candor"?) in the past. If the precedent exists, then so be it. On the other hand our country better get a handle on the out of control executive branch. A cornerstone of our government is that the Justice department and FBI are independent, and the running comments by Trump bring that into question.

[bdamomma]

29. Geez it nevers stops huh??

The only person I want fired is fucking tRump. He is nothing but a bully what a SOB.

Something stinks really bad. Sessions better watch out he may be next. This is not normal.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. I think the power-mad RepubliCONMEN underestimate Americans' sense of fair play & dislike of bullies

[TalenaGor]

32. do any of you find it curious that....

That we are not hearing much from the clintons the Obamas the Bidens Etc....

It just feels quieter than the normal post Administration quietness.... As if maybe they were told just to sit tight....

I also can't recall but I don't think any of them have been interviewed by Mueller yet have they? it seems like they would have some valuable input...?

Or maybe I'm just losing my mind in all this craziness LOL

[wishstar]

40. They do not want to politicize Mueller's counter-intelligence law enforcement investigation

because of our polarizing political atmosphere where half the public could turn against Mueller if his probe as seen as an anti-Trump political witch hunt based on statements by top Democrats.

They also do not have a reason to be interviewed by Mueller since Clinton, Obama and Biden had no knowledge of the Steele Dossier or the Trump/Russia FBI investigation until after the election.

[orangecrush]

35. Trump really thinks he is invincible

A legal smackdown is in order.

[Gothmog]

36. From Prof. Tribe

Link to tweet

[TomCADem]

37. The Irony of the Trump Administration

Firing anyone over lack of candor...

[Corgigal]

41. Another cruelty

and he's protected 24/7 by professional civil service agents. He's a damn rocket scientist. I'm sure he's not loved like Obama was.

[world wide wally]

42. Trump better not get a pension when he is impeached/resigns/arrested

[jmbar2]

44. Where can we donate to the McCabe Legal Defense/Retirement fund?

It would be ironic if we could in a couple of days replace what was stolen from him.

[Honeycombe8]

45. How can McCabe fight this? Civil servants aren't rich. Lawyers cost thousands....

tens of thousands of dollars, maybe. He'd have to sell his home?

I don't guess Congress could intervene.

What a cruel thing to do. Horrible. It affects the rest of McCabe's life and ruins his senior years. As a federal civil servant, he won't get Social Security, even, I think.

Trump is truly a cruel person.

[torius]

46. Too smart for Twitler

"...senior F.B.I. officials and his counterparts in other agencies praised his intellect and ability to manage complicated worldwide national security issues."

Phew, thank goodness he's gone!

[duforsure]

50. Every law enforcement person

In this country should be appalled by this as nothing but a show of contempt by trump and sessions for the rule of law, and corrupt what they've done now.

[Motley13]

56. Jeff Beaux Sesspool didn't fire McCabe w/o the maggot's blessing

probably trying to keep from getting fired himself.
The maggot takes pleasure in the pain of other people. He is a cruel & vindictive imbecile