Trump sacks FBI Deputy Director

 





Few days after the sack of U.S. Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson by President Donald Trump,
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has been
suspended for lying to investigators reviewing the
bureau’s probe of Hillary Clinton’s email server.
The sack made possible by the Justice
Department, dealt a big blow to McCabe, as his
firing came just days before his retirement and a
guarantee of lifetime pension.
“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,” Attorney General Jeff
Sessions said in a statement.
“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),” Sessions said.
“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
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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.’”
McCabe hit back in a fiery response of his own.
“This attack on my credibility is one part of a
larger effort not just to slander me personally, but
to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence
professionals more generally,” McCabe said.
“It is part of this Administration’s ongoing war on
the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel
investigation, which continue to this day. Their
persistence in this campaign only highlights the
importance of the Special Counsel’s work.”
McCabe’s firing marked stunning fall for a man
who was No. 2 at the bureau for a time under
Comey, ran it and even was reportedly on
President Trump’s short list for the directorship.