Andrew McCabe

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Andrew McCabe
Official portrait, 2017
16th Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
In office
February 1, 2016 – January 29, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
DirectorJames Comey
Himself (acting)
Christopher A. Wray
Preceded byMark F. Giuliano
Succeeded byDavid Bowdich
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Acting
May 9, 2017 – August 2, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJames Comey
Succeeded byChristopher A. Wray
Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
In office
July 30, 2015 – February 1, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
DirectorJames Comey
Preceded byKevin Perkins
Succeeded byDavid Bowdich
Personal details
Born
Andrew George McCabe

(1968-03-18) March 18, 1968 (age 56)
Flushing, New York,[1] U.S.
Political partyRepublican[2][3][4][5]
SpouseJill McCabe
Children2
EducationDuke University (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (JD)

Andrew George McCabe (born March 18, 1968[6]) is an American attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from February 2016 to March 2018 and as the acting Director of the FBI from May 9, 2017, to August 2, 2017.[7] He also serves as a professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government. McCabe joined the FBI as a special agent in 1996 and served with the bureau's SWAT team. He became a supervisory special agent in 2003 and held management positions of increasing responsibility until he was appointed deputy director of the FBI in February 2016. McCabe became the acting Director of the FBI following James Comey's dismissal by then President Donald Trump, and served in that position until Trump's appointment of Christopher A. Wray. McCabe later departed from the FBI on poor terms with Trump. After leaving the Trump administration, McCabe has been a contributor at CNN since 2019.[8]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe on March 16, 2018, 26 hours before his scheduled retirement.[9][10] Sessions announced that he based his decision on reports from the DOJ Inspector General and the FBI's disciplinary office saying that McCabe had improperly authorized releases of information to The Wall Street Journal about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation and had misled agents who questioned him about it on four occasions, three of which were under oath.[11] McCabe disputed these charges and alleged that his firing was politically motivated.[12][13][14][15] In September 2019, federal prosecutors recommended McCabe be indicted for actions relating to the leak,[16] but the grand jury did not return an indictment.[17] On February 14, 2020, the Justice Department informed McCabe's attorneys that it had declined to prosecute McCabe.[18]

In August 2020, George Mason University announced McCabe would be joining the faculty of the Schar School of Policy and Government as distinguished visiting professor.[19][20]

In October 2021, McCabe settled with the Justice Department a wrongful termination suit he had filed in August 2019. As part of the settlement, the government agreed to "rescind and vacate" McCabe's termination, correct its records "to reflect that Mr. McCabe was employed continuously by the FBI from July 1996 until he retired on March 19, 2018 as the FBI Deputy Director" in "good standing," restore his pension and other benefits, pay his legal fees and expunge any record of having been fired.[7]

  1. ^ Mccabe, Andrew (2019). The Threat. St. Martin's Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-250-20757-9.
  2. ^ Levine, Mike (March 16, 2018). "In his own words: McCabe claims firing part of 'ongoing assault' on Russia probe". ABC News. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  3. ^ Apuzzo, Matt; Goldman, Adam (March 1, 2018). "Andrew McCabe, Ex-Deputy Director of F.B.I., Will Be Faulted for Leaks". The New York Times. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Nobles, Ryan (January 29, 2018). "McCabe did not vote in 2016 general election, but did vote in 2016 GOP presidential primary". CNN. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  5. ^ McCabe, Jill (April 3, 2018). "Jill McCabe: The president attacked my reputation. It's time to set the record straight". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ Pappas, Alex (March 15, 2018). "IG could soon release explosive report on FBI's Clinton probe, as Sessions weighs firing McCabe". Fox News. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Settlement Agreement, McCabe v. Garland, et al., No. 19-CV-2399 (D.D.C.)". Washington Post. October 14, 2021. pp. 2–3. [T]he Parties agree to the rescission of Plaintiff's removal from the FBI and the civil service and to the conferral upon Plaintiff of the benefits specified herein. As detailed below, the FBI's records will be amended to reflect that Mr. McCabe was employed continuously by the FBI from July 1996 until he retired on March 19, 2018 as the FBI Deputy Director and a member of the Senior Executive Service.... Plaintiff will be deemed to have separated from the FBI in good standing for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 926C(c)(1).
  8. ^ Ellefson, Lindsey (August 23, 2019). "CNN Hires Fired FBI Official Andrew McCabe as Contributor". The Wrap.
  9. ^ Zapotosky, Matt. "FBI's Andrew McCabe is fired a little more than 24 hours before he could retire". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  10. ^ "Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director targeted by Trump, was just fired". Vox. March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Serwer, Adam (April 13, 2018). "Trump's Claims About McCabe Aren't Supported by Internal FBI Review". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  12. ^ Bo Williams, Katie (March 16, 2018). "Sessions fires McCabe from FBI". The Hill. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  13. ^ Tanfani, Joseph (March 16, 2018). "Former FBI official Andrew McCabe, a target of Trump, is fired just before his retirement". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  14. ^ Singman, Brooke; Gibson, Jake (March 17, 2018). "Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe fired". Fox News. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  15. ^ Goldman, Adam; Haag, Matthew (February 14, 2019). "McCabe Says Justice Officials Discussed Recruiting Cabinet Members to Push Trump Out of Office". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  16. ^ Jansen, Bart (September 12, 2019). "Federal prosecutors recommend that Andrew McCabe, former FBI second-in-command, face criminal charge". USA Today.
  17. ^ Zapotosky, Matt. "Justice Dept. won't answer whether grand jury turned down indictment of McCabe, his lawyers say". The Washington Post. Last week, it seemed charges were imminent. The grand jury, which had not been seen for months, was called back in. The Justice Department informed McCabe, 51, that Rosen had rejected his appeal. But grand jurors left with no sign that an indictment had been returned.
  18. ^ Goldman, Adam (February 14, 2020). "Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  19. ^ "Andrew McCabe, Former FBI Deputy Director, Joins Schar School Faculty". schar.gmu.edu. Schar School of Policy and Government. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  20. ^ "Andrew McCabe, Former FBI Deputy Director, Joins Schar School Faculty – Homeland Security Today". August 20, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.