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Biden Admin Reinstates Andrew McCabe’s Full Pension After 2018 Firing For Lying Under Oath
Zubu Brothers ^ | 10-14-2021

Posted on 10/14/2021 7:02:23 PM PDT by blam

Andrew McCabe, the disgraced Russiagate FBI agent who lied four times to the DOJ and FBI, will receive his full pension more than three years after he was fired by the Justice Department, according to the New York Times. Under the terms of a settlement stemming from a lawsuit McCable filed in 2019 over his firing, he will also receive around $200,000 in missed pension payments.

The DOJ has also agreed to expunge any mention of his firing from FBI personnel records, and that he would receive special cuff links given to senior executives, along with a plaque bearing his mounted badge and FBI credentials.

The Justice Department did not admit any wrongdoing. But the settlement amounted to a rejection by the Biden administration of how Mr. McCabe’s case had been handled under Mr. Trump, who perceived Mr. McCabe as one of his so-called deep-state enemies and repeatedly attacked him. A notice of the lawsuit’s dismissal was also filed in federal court. -NYT

McCabe’s lawyers will also receive over $500,000 in legal fees, courtesy of the US taxpayer.

This, of course, is on top of more than $540,000 he got from just one of several GoFundMe campaigns, as well as income from his 2019 book, “The Threat.”

McCabe, who was caught lying four times to the DOJ and FBI (twice while under oath) over leaks to the press, was fired in March, 2017 – days before he was set to receive his full pension.

Specifically, McCabe authorized an FBI spokesman and attorney to tell Devlin Barrett of the Wall St. Journal, just days before the 2016 election, that the FBI had not put the brakes on a separate investigation into the Clinton Foundation – at a time in which McCabe was coming under fire for his wife taking a $467,500 campaign contribution from Clinton proxy pal, Terry McAuliffe.

During a November, 2020 appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, McCable dismissed the FBI’s abuse of power under his watch as mere mistakes.

McCabe said he was “shocked” by the “significant number of errors and failures related to the FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] applications” to spy on Carter Page, a former adviser on candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. His claim was reminiscent of Captain Renault in the film “Casablanca,” who pretended to be “shocked, shocked” at the gambling in Rick’s Cafe as he pocketed his winnings. –Fox News

McCabe also never bothered to speak with Christopher Steele – the former UK spy ultimately paid by the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign to fabricate a now-discredited dossier designed to smear then-candidate Donald Trump. McCabe knew the dossier was fake before the election and did nothing, claiming he was oblivious to the exculpatory evidence before the agency used the dossier when applying for a surveillance warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).

Before Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, McCabe’s agents tracked down Steele’s main source, Igor Danchenko, who promptly discredited the dossier as nothing more than multiple hearsays and rank speculation, some of which emanated from Danchenko’s drinking buddies.

It was also determined that parts of the dossier were likely Russian disinformation and that the Russia Hoax itself was invented by none other than Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to smear Republican candidate Trump with an alleged scandal. –Fox News

Also recall that McCabe’s team, under Director Comey, heavily altered the language of the FBI’s 2016 opinion concerning Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information – effectively “decriminalizing” her conduct. Comey’s original draft – using the term “grossly negligent” would have legally required that the FBI recommended charges against Clinton. Instead, McCabe’s team changed it to “extremely careless” – a legally meaningless term.

According to documents produced by the FBI, FBI employees exchanged proposed edits to the draft statement. On May 6, Deputy Director McCabe forwarded the draft statement to other senior FBI employees, including Peter Strzok, E.W. Priestap, Jonathan Moffa, and an employee on the Office of General Counsel whose name has been redacted. While the precise dates of the edits and identities of the editors are not apparent from the documents, the edits appear to change the tone and substance of Director Comey’s statement in at least three respects. –Letter from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)

After he was fired, McCabe said he was “confused and distracted” when he was talking to investigators, and charges were never filed against him. Former Trump National Security Adviser Gen. Mike Flynn was notably not afforded the same luxury.

“I answered questions as completely and accurately as I could. And when I realized that some of my answers were not fully accurate or may have been misunderstood, I took the initiative to correct them,” McCabe wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.

In the wake of his firing, McCabe – an central figure in the Trump-Russia investigation, received over $540,000 from just one of several GoFundMe campaigns.

Looks like Andy’s in the club…


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1 posted on 10/14/2021 7:02:23 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Pencil necked geek


2 posted on 10/14/2021 7:04:36 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blam

This is a true INJUSTICE!


3 posted on 10/14/2021 7:06:55 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: blam

Criminals = key part of the Democrat Party power base.


4 posted on 10/14/2021 7:07:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: blam

More of the two tier justice system.


5 posted on 10/14/2021 7:09:19 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: blam

The corrupt protect their own. After all McCabe was doing it all for them. I hope that Durham puts him in prison. Wishful thinking I know.


6 posted on 10/14/2021 7:10:38 PM PDT by Revel
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To: blueunicorn6

If the law don’t apply to them, then it don’t apply to us.


7 posted on 10/14/2021 7:11:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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yup

take no prisoners


8 posted on 10/14/2021 7:12:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: kiryandil

Merrick Garland’s “Justice” Department at work.


9 posted on 10/14/2021 7:12:31 PM PDT by laconic
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To: blam

That about all she wrote for me. I have lost all respect, trust and support for every institution of the Federal government.


10 posted on 10/14/2021 7:17:16 PM PDT by DJ Frisat (My tag line, optionally printed after the name on my post…)
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To: blam

Reward for his upcoming depositions which may occur. An insurance policy. Also sends a nasty message to ethical types in government and green lights the real thugs.


11 posted on 10/14/2021 7:22:04 PM PDT by blackdog (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: blam

An FBI Agent caught lying under oath is just a democrat resume builder


12 posted on 10/14/2021 7:27:40 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: blam

What he did was an actual insurrection not like the January 6th rally.


13 posted on 10/14/2021 7:27:45 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: blam

Another “in your face” action by the Regime and a further message that they believe they can do anything they want. How much of the government is left that is not corrupt to the core?


14 posted on 10/14/2021 7:28:24 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: blam

And McCabe is all over Fake News CNN today crowing about this.

So can we please put to bed the “Dems are terrified” sunshine pumping? They most certainly are not and are rubbing our faces in their criminality.


15 posted on 10/14/2021 7:31:15 PM PDT by lodi90
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Yeah, I think we're done here.

Compare this with Michael Flynn.

16 posted on 10/14/2021 7:32:13 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: blam
Let this be a lesson to Republicans.

Our AGs recuse themselves for being at a party with a Russian ambassador.

Their AG gives political payoffs to party loyalists for a job well done.

-PJ

17 posted on 10/14/2021 7:32:39 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: blam
I'm sure that Kevin Clinesmith will have his old government job before too long. Talk about in your face corruption.
18 posted on 10/14/2021 7:32:56 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (NCSWIC when NIGTH.)
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To: lodi90

I wonder if this can be removed again by the next president.


19 posted on 10/14/2021 7:33:36 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: blam

The ChiComjoe kakistocracy shows professional courtesy to fellow traitors of the United States.


20 posted on 10/14/2021 7:33:56 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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