AoSHQ has it that McCabe is out. What is unclear is whether he was booted or just resigned. Earlier than anticipated, but I suspect he is still getting his retirement (he might even be able to apply unused sick leave toward it). Government workers get all sorts of nice benefits the rest of the peons out there do not.
Instapundit: They thought they would get away with it (and rewarded), The media is purposely "missing" what is happening at the FBI, More on McCabe, More FBI resignations to come, Stepped down or removed? and Andrew McCabe: Stepped down or removed?
AoSHQ: 'Something concerning' about McCabe found in pending report to be released, Vote in Congress to release the memo? and What will #SassyJim say?
A View From The Beach: Did he slow roll the Clinton emails and Deputy Andy Has Left The Building
Legal Insurrection: McCabe exercising his leave at FBI
Lem's Place: Release The Kraken Fisa Memo
90 Miles from Tyranny: Release The Memo!
Jonathan Turley: Why did McCabe go?
Don Surber: Our Constitutional Crisis
We knew McCabe was going. So why today? Possible benign reasons: 1) Pay/pension issues. 2) Wray planned to make change now. Possible non-benign reasons: 1) Connected to House Intel memo. 2) Connected to FBI texts now being recovered. Or something else. Confusion on Cap Hill.— Byron York (@ByronYork) January 29, 2018
Twitchy: Dirty Jim Comey ♥ Andrew McCabe, Looks like McCabe's departure from FBI linked to IG report...First of all I doubt the conversation happened as claimed. McCabe has been a partisan hack from the get and I do not trust anything he says about this. Second, McCabe's wife took $$$ from the Clintons/McAuliffe, which is different than making up lies about Melania all the time. https://t.co/k4fLTfkRjK— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) January 29, 2018
Via AoSHQ:
SARA CARTER: SOURCES TELL ME AGENTS HAVE ACCUSED ANDREW McCABE OF ASKING THEM TO ALTER THEIR FORM 302 WITNESS INTERVIEW RECORDS; WRAY IS WEIGHING THESE ALLEGATIONS; IF TRUE, McCABE WILL BE STRAIGHT-UP FIRED Remember, the FBI famously (notoriously) does not record interviews, so the Form 302 written records are the onlyrecords of FBI interviews that exist. And if Andy McCabe is asking agents to falsify those records...
Stay tuned: She says that if this is true, McCabe could be fired from the FBI in the next few days
Sara Carter: McCabe asked to resign?
AoSHQ: More on DeepStateGate and McCabe
TOM: Laura Dunn is an evil liar (sort of reminds me of others)
AoSHQ: More on DeepStateGate and McCabe
TOM: Laura Dunn is an evil liar (sort of reminds me of others)
As I understand based on other sources, he is taking his remaining vacation leave to carry him to his actual retirement date. I guess that is the equivalent of being out of sight out of mind. Will NOT prevent him from being charged if there is enough evidence to do so though................
ReplyDeleteI assumed he was doing something like that, federal workers get all sorts of insanely expensive and generous benefits such as accruing vacation and sick days for retirement.
DeleteI read at one place that the IG Report may have information forcing FBI Director to reassign and demote McCabe. A demotion in grade might lower his pension. A conviction wouldn't necessarily revoke his pension, but his demotion would literally cost him and his family. One more reason in my book that politicians and bureaucrats found abusing their authority should automatically lose their retirement benefits. It happens in the military fairly regularly.
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Looks like the FISA memo will be released.
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