They are now paying the price for changing their job descriptions from "law enforcement personnel" to "political operative" ... because any protections they had in their jobs as FBI agents doesn't stand up to legal scrutiny once the facts are out in the open.
McCabe would still be a senior leader in the FBI today if he had functioned as a law enforcement officer instead of a political operative.
Roger that. I don't think he has any political smarts. If he did, he would told his wife to not run for VA senate until he retired a few years later. However, I suspect she wouldn't have received any PAC funding after he retired..