Sessions considering whether to fire McCabe [View all]
Source: CNN
By Pamela Brown and Laura Jarrett, CNN
Updated 1:45 PM ET, Wed March 14, 2018
Washington (CNN)Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was set to officially retire on March 18, but according to a source familiar with the matter, he could be fired just days before and lose his pension after a more than two-decade career at the bureau.
The embattled official abruptly stepped down at the end of January and has been on leave since that time.
CNN has learned the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility has recommended McCabe be fired and now the decision is up to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The issue stems from findings in an internal Justice Department watchdog report that claims he misled investigators about his decision to authorize FBI officials to speak to the media about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/politics/mccabe-sessions/index.html?adkey=bn
McCabe faces possible firing days before scheduled retirement: report
BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 03/14/18 01:40 PM EDT
Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe is facing a possible firing days ahead of his scheduled retirement, according to a new report.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is looking at a recommendation to fire McCabe, people briefed on the matter told The New York Times for a report published Wednesday.
The recommendation comes amid an internal review looking into a choice McCabe made in 2016 regarding allowing agency officials to speak with reporters about a Clinton Foundation investigation.
According to the Times, a report from the Justice Department's inspector general regarding the internal review triggered an FBI disciplinary process that recommended McCabe's firing. Sessions now has to decide whether to accept the recommendation, according to the Times.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/378395-mccabe-could-be-fired-days-before-scheduled-retirement-report
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