I saw that, but I would think Garland or Monaco would have had to give the final approval. Strzok got a nice gofundme payout after he was fired. I don’t remember the exact figure, but I think it was around $400K or so. Same with McCabe. Lawyers are expensive in DC so I am not sure how much Strzok actually cleared with the $1.2M payout.
Back to Auten. If they were to fire him or he would quit, the DOJ IG would have no power to interview him.