Andrew McCabe pleading case at Justice Department

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




By Pamela Brown, CNN

Updated 1:24 PM ET, Thu March 15, 2018

Washington (CNN)Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is currently at the Justice Department meeting with the deputy attorney general's office making his case why he should not be fired days before his 50th birthday and lose his pension, a source familiar with the meeting said. DOJ is expected to make a decision by Friday.

McCabe was set to officially retire on March 18, but according to a source familiar with the matter, he could be fired just days before and lose his pension after a more than two-decade career at the bureau.

The embattled official abruptly stepped down at the end of January and has been on leave since that time. CNN has learned the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility has recommended McCabe be fired and now the decision is up to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The issue stems from findings in an internal Justice Department watchdog report that claims he misled investigators about his decision to authorize FBI officials to speak to the media about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. IF trump takes his pension, takes this loyal republican's pension, will deplorables care?

It is on the record that no human being alive is a bigger piece of shit than trump, no human being is capable of revenge like him.

Well, other than mass killers.

[underthematrix]

2. I think he's a Democrat

[Jim__]

5. He's a Republican.

At least according to wikipedia:

Born Andrew George McCabe
1968 (age 49–50)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party Republican[1][2]
Spouse(s) Jill McCabe
Education Duke University (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (JD)

[underthematrix]

12. His wife is a Democrat.

[Kingofalldems]

20. So what?

[underthematrix]

21. Well this whole drama seems to be about his wife's run for office.

[Kingofalldems]

22. Yes it's about Trump getting revenge.

[CreekDog]

32. you're detracting from this thread and posting false stuff

maybe this isn't a good topic for you to post about if you can't get basic facts right.

[CreekDog]

31. well you thought wrong

if you don't know why did you say it?

[Doodley]

3. Can't he immediately file a complaint with his HR? He has been publicly intimidated. Surely he

has a legal case there.

[R B Garr]

10. That is what I was thinking. File a grievance to run out

the clock. Or whatever the legal process is, file it immediately as a placeholder.

[Zambero]

13. The pension decision can be rendered retroactively after retirement

So there's no running out the clock per se. In a worst-case scenario he would still be able to take his retirement contributions as a lump sum.

[MontanaMama]

4. Every day a new low.

Every day I think I can't be surprised at the depths this administration will plumb and yet, I am shocked. Again. Still.

Making this man beg for what he is entitled to. No words.

[Calista241]

19. This time it seems they went through the process.

This recommendation is coming from the Inspector General’s office. This particular Inspector General was appointed by Obama, in an investigation begun before Trump took office.

[CreekDog]

33. oh it's a normal process to fire someone on a Friday night?

it's normal for Calista to defend such a thing.

[SharonAnn]

25. Trump loves revenge. The more cruel, the better.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. WTF is this? Beg like a dog?

This is meant to make an example out of him, to discourage others from doing their jobs. IOW more obstruction!

[ollie10]

8. MABA Make America Beg Again

[flying_wahini]

7. I suspect that if Trump indeed does fire him and McCabe loses his pension that this will NOT go

Well with many Republicans who, like Democrats, are counting on their pensions to retire.
Every BabyBoomer getting ready to retire will pause when they hear this one.
Especially since McCabe is a republican.

[MadLinguist]

9. This is an intimidation tactic to all Federal Agency Employees

pure and simple.
To my mind at least, it is another piece of evidence in the portrait of intent files for the charge of obstruction of justice.

[poboy2]

15. yep

[alarimer]

30. This, along with the witch hunt at State.

Whistle blower told Democratic lawmakers that the Trump administration was looking to get rid of people who didn't "support his agenda."

[Zorro]

11. Firing McCabe would be a dick move by the Trump administration

so I won't be surprised if it happened.

Of course the root of this problem is McCabe's anti-Hillary dick move, so he's brought this on himself.

[C_U_L8R]

14. If they fire McCabe

it means anyone's pension is up for grabs.... they should go on strike.

[avebury]

16. If Trump yanks McCabe's pension then McCabe should start to shop

around for a book deal. There is good money to be had for behind the scenes tell all books at this point in time.

[Grins]

17. I'm trying to imagine the RAGE from the rank and file if they do this!

They may all become Democrats. Need some Dems to step up and say, "We got 'yer back."

[Lefta Dissenter]

18. Loyalty test

It's a loyalty test for Sessions - to see if he's willing to do whatever Trump wants, no matter how cruel it may be. I'm guessing that Sessions knows that if he fails this test, he's gone immediately.

Next up, the Milgram Experiment.

[Yupster]

23. I wish I would have gotten a pension at age 50

In fact I wish I'd get a pension someday.

[SharonAnn]

24. But I wouldn't have wanted to work in Law Enforcement in order to get it.

Those jobs can be hazardous to your health.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Yup. McCabe got his start as a member of a S.W.A.T. team.

Tough duty. He should get his pension.

[still_one]

26. I do not like McCabe or Comey, but it would be unfair for them to deny his pension

[dawg day]

28. Isn't he protected by civil service regulations?

And even if not, he'd have a great lawsuit. Getting fired days before your pension vests? It wouldn't be difficult to prove malice, given Trump's nasty tweets about him.

It's just horrific, that Trump could be in charge of anything. He's so awful-- they could release the entire inmates of a federal prison, and all of them would be better human beings than this horrible man.
I will never ever understand how anyone could vote for him.

I don't think there's a hell, but if there was.... well, there's no hell, maybe, but there are prisons. So I'm going to hope he goes to prison. Or at least spends the last few years of his disgusting life in and out of courtrooms, with protesters screaming at him every time he emerges.

[milestogo]

29. Well, his wife is a Democrat so he deserves to be punished.