Posted on 03/17/2018 5:16:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
It’s over. Former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe has been fired from the bureau. The announcement occurred a little after 10 P.M. The move comes around two days prior to McCabe receiving his hefty pension package. That is now in doubt, though The Washington Post said McCabe could file a lawsuit to receive full benefits. He spoke with FBI officials for four hours this week to ensure he wasn’t terminated before his pre-determined retirement. McCabe was forced out of his position at the FBI in January, but he wasn't fired. He was put on something called "terminal leave," where he remains employed at the FBI until his retirement that was set to be later this month. It would've allowed him to obtain that $1.8 million pension that was lined up (via WaPo):
Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire.
Sessions announced the decision in a statement just before 10 p.m., noting that both the Justice Department Inspector General and the FBI office that handles discipline had found “that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions.”
He said based on those findings and the recommendation of the department’s senior career official, “I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately.”
The move will likely cost McCabe a significant portion of his retirement benefits, though it is possible he could bring a legal challenge. McCabe has been fighting vigorously to keep his job, and on Thursday, he spent nearly four hours inside the Justice Department pleading his case.
McCabe was cited for improperly disclosing the friction between the Department of Justice and the FBI over the investigation into the Clinton Foundation to The Wall Street Journal, and for misleading investigators when questioned about it in a DOJ inspector general report. Due to this revelation, the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility recommended his termination.
In a statement, Attorney Jeff Sessions explained why he decided to terminate McCabe effective immediately:
After an extensive and fair investigation and according to Department of Justice procedure, the Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) provided its report on allegations of misconduct by Andrew McCabe to the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).
The FBI’s OPR then reviewed the report and underlying documents and issued a disciplinary proposal recommending the dismissal of Mr. McCabe. Both the OIG and FBI OPR reports concluded that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor - including under oath - on multiple occasions.
The FBI expects every employee to adhere to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and accountability. As the OPR proposal stated, “all FBI employees know that lacking candor under oath results in dismissal and that our integrity is our brand.”
Pursuant to Department Order 1202, and based on the report of the Inspector General, the findings of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility, and the recommendation of the Department’s senior career official, I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately.
UPDATE: McCabe says the Obama-appointed IG is singling him out.
FULL TEXT: Former FBI Deputy Director McCabe releases statement on firing, says effort driven by the president himself "to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn." pic.twitter.com/1sCqxZysG1— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 17, 2018
McCabe accuses IG Horowitz, an Obama appointee, of singling him out to appease Trump. https://t.co/gurWfkqUgs— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 17, 2018
UPDATE II: President Trump says McCabe firing is a “great day for democracy.”
Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018
That's gonna leave a mark!
But not much, since one could 'retire' sooner than the date you are entitled to FULL benefits.
I did; 1 1/2 years early and lost 2% of my pay a year; so about 3% reduction.
This was easily made up in yearly cost of living adjustments that increase FASTER than Government wages do!
But how many total years of service did he have?
When I retired (1995) it was 30.
Really?
How come I didn't get this perk??
I didn’t get one of these; either!
Dismiss those 'reports'.
Here are the current pay rates.
No one is going to get MORE on retirement than for working. (Everyone would 'retire'; wouldn't they!!)
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2018/DCB.pdf
This was me!
Remember WIN buttons from Ford??
We were gonna Whip Inflation Now and show private industry how to do it!
While the rest of America was racking up double digit raises for about 3-4 years; we were held to 5.5%.
A LOT of good workers QUIT and went to private.
We lost thousands of man years of experience in that debacle!!!
No; we never get get caught up. Folks who stayed had too much invested by then and just went through the motions until they; too; retired.
The people who had retired BEFORE the WIN episode, ended up making more money retired than working, due to COLA raises yearly while WIN was in force.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_inflation_now
But if they DON'T get that second career; someone ELSE will, and therefore the amount of money leaving government coffers is STILL the same; just going to different people.
We had folks retire and come back as 'consultants' because they were the ONLY folks who knew the job!
(Yeah; they DID get more money for that.)
“But if they DON’T get that second career; someone ELSE will, and therefore the amount of money leaving government coffers is STILL the same; just going to different people.”
So you’re a double-dipping gov worker and you’re here trying to justify it?
How ‘bout all gov workers get NO pension but only SS, like the rest of us?
All the present gov pensions double-dipped and otherwise, should be rolled into SS and then WE CAN ALL RETIRE AT 50 YEARS OLD.
I guess your coverage is shitter than mine :0)
Did I say ANYTHING like this?
How ‘bout all gov workers get NO pension but only SS, like the rest of us?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I paid MORE into my retirement account than any SS payments that have been made by others.
I get NO SS.
The system for G'vmt workers HAS been changed and is a LOT less reliable than the old way.
Likewise; you've no clue about mine.
You are making assumptions based upon many differing things you've heard about over the years.
“Sorry to burst your bubble, but I paid MORE into my retirement account than any SS ....”
Sorry to burst YOUR bubble but I paid MORE into YOUR retirement account than I could afford.
Still am.
Your welcome.
Thank you!
SS was NEVER designed to pay for the things dragging it down now.
It’s a Ponzi scheme how can you expect it to?
Is “axed” better than Hanged?
Like the factory: 50 years old, but 30 years of service. Long enough.
My father was a city worker no SS, but he paid into a pension and saved. He did better without the SS.
And we are living a HELL of a lot longer; too!
NO one saw the big advances in medicine when SS was first passed into law.
Yep!
You were supposed to die before you could collect!
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