March 15, 2018
Andrew McCabe's firing (just before retirement) recommended by FBI Office of Professional Responsibility
By Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...bi_office_of_professional_responsibility.html
Both the New York Times and Washington Post are reporting that the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility has recommended that A.G. Jeff Sessions fire Andrew McCabe, a mere days before his scheduled retirement on Sunday, after which he would be able to cash the generous pension checks that federal employees receive for the rest of his life. Depending on his longevity, that would amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars or even more.
President Trump warned of this late last year:
This last-minute attempt at accountability comes as the first tangible disciplinary fruit of the investigation by the Department of Justice's Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who made a referral to the OPR.
Here is the Washington Post's explanation of McCabe's firing offense (Monica Showalter explained this incident for AT readers in much more detail last January):
I celebrate this move to fire McCabe, fearing that, like Lois Lerner, he could be locked into big money for no work despite his misdeeds. His firing for cause at least raises the possibility of impairing or stopping those benefits, though I am not certain that this would be automatic. Generally, federal employees enjoy extensive rights of appeal. A.G. Sessions should act promptly.
Sundance of Conservative Tree House is suspicious of the motivations behind the leak to two of the most vigorous media critics of President Trump. Given the level of intrigue we have seen within the FBI of late, I can't rule out some sort of set-up of Sessions:
Even if this was the intent behind the leak, McCabe must be fired. And the blowback that Sundance fears can readily be dismissed on the basis of the recommendation's origins. But Sundance raises other good questions:
Andrew McCabe's firing (just before retirement) recommended by FBI Office of Professional Responsibility
By Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...bi_office_of_professional_responsibility.html
Both the New York Times and Washington Post are reporting that the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility has recommended that A.G. Jeff Sessions fire Andrew McCabe, a mere days before his scheduled retirement on Sunday, after which he would be able to cash the generous pension checks that federal employees receive for the rest of his life. Depending on his longevity, that would amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars or even more.
President Trump warned of this late last year:
This last-minute attempt at accountability comes as the first tangible disciplinary fruit of the investigation by the Department of Justice's Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who made a referral to the OPR.
Here is the Washington Post's explanation of McCabe's firing offense (Monica Showalter explained this incident for AT readers in much more detail last January):
I celebrate this move to fire McCabe, fearing that, like Lois Lerner, he could be locked into big money for no work despite his misdeeds. His firing for cause at least raises the possibility of impairing or stopping those benefits, though I am not certain that this would be automatic. Generally, federal employees enjoy extensive rights of appeal. A.G. Sessions should act promptly.
Sundance of Conservative Tree House is suspicious of the motivations behind the leak to two of the most vigorous media critics of President Trump. Given the level of intrigue we have seen within the FBI of late, I can't rule out some sort of set-up of Sessions:
Even if this was the intent behind the leak, McCabe must be fired. And the blowback that Sundance fears can readily be dismissed on the basis of the recommendation's origins. But Sundance raises other good questions:
That son of a bitch must be pacing the floor wondering if the hammer is gonna drop on his retirement. Guaranteed he gets a nice six figure check every month. Losing that is a real kick in the nuts, but he made his bed. All he needed to do, was to do his job, the job the taxpayers pay him to do and keep politics out of it and act in a professional matter. He was not smart enough to do that. Tough noogies I say.
