33 Go Fund Me accounts already set up for Andrew McCabe

[Marthe48]

check them out: https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=Andrew%20McCabe

I'm going to chip in a few dollars. Any time I can spite trump, it makes me happy

[marylandblue]

1. Please don't waste your money

He will get his pension, only he will have to wait until he is 57 and it will be smaller. He will get a job in the private sector.

Donate to a Democrat for Congress instead.

[Marthe48]

2. I'll donate to candidates too

I have some web sites saved so I can see who to donate to so it'll do some good.

I hope you're right about the pension, but this is like reagan firing the air traffic controllers and deserves getting knocked down. trump understands money, and if Mr. McCabe gets his pension, plus generous support of the go fund me accounts, it'll poke trump right in the eye.

[coti]

4. Standing up against blatant injustice- as long as the money goes to the right place- is not a waste.

[marylandblue]

7. Sympathetic as I am to McCabe

There are others who have been hurt more and less resources to fight back - detained immigrants for example.

[quartz007]

3. McCabe will not lose all his retirement benefits

Gov't workers have a plan similar to 401-k. It builds up tax deferred with contributions from employee and matching contributions from gov't. That is his money. He keep it. He could lose the portion of retirement monthly pension accrued with 21 years of service.

[marylandblue]

8. He can't lose his pension either, he is fully vested

He just can't start collecting on Sunday like he wanted to. Even that would have been an injustice because he was being forced out, but at least he was leaving on his own terms.

[quartz007]

9. Not what I heard

From what I gather hearing news here and there, getting fired is enough to lose monthly pension at FBI. But I will concede it is not from official sources.

[marylandblue]

10. I know the news keeps reporting that

But I am pretty sure it doesn't work that way. I'll see what I can find.

[marylandblue]

11. Here's something about a regular FBI employee in a similar situation

http://retirement.federaltimes.com/2013/03/26/options-after-firing/

Q. I was federally employed as a Border Patrol agent in November 1988, then joined the FBI in June 1991 and was fired May 2011 (no break in service since November ’88). I was 48. I can find no answers regarding retirement benefits. I was told I forfeited everything, but I could find nothing in writing. What are my options?


A. Unless your firing was connected with any of the offenses cited in 5 U.S. Code 8312, which largely involve treason, rebellion and seditious conduct, you’d be eligible for a deferred annuity at age 60, but only if you left your retirement contributions in the retirement fund when you left. If you took a refund, you wouldn’t be entitled to anything.

[SweetieD]

5. Pleass donate to Democrat candidates. Do not donate your money to a millionaire republican. Be smart

about this.

[HipChick]

12. He'll be able to get million dollars book deals...he'll be ok

[MrsCoffee]

22. Democratic candidates.

[dchill]

28. He is already worth $11 million.

I'm not. He doesn't need my money that I don't have anyway.

[ProudLib72]

6. ...

[herding cats]

13. No, no, no!

Send it to a Democrat running in your area!

McCabe will be fine! He’s wealthy, he’s got at least one very lucrative book deal in his future, and he’s going to sue and more than likely win.

Please, people, don’t waste your money here!

[LBM20]

18. It is just small donations and a way to say FUCK YOU!! to Herr Trumpenstein. Proud to help.

[MichMary]

14. Um, do you really think he needs it?

A quick look at his Wikipedia page tells me he was educated at "The Bolles School" a day and boarding school with (current) tuition rates of over $10,000 for PRE-K to over $26,000 for high school.

I strongly suspect he's a trust fund baby, and he'll probably gladly take your $$$, but he will most likely do just fine without it.

[Phentex]

21. another source shows a net worth of 11 million with income from multiple sources

outside of his FBI job.

[MichMary]

24. Yeah,

I hope no one here is giving this one percenter $$ they can't afford to give.

[Marthe48]

15. McCabe will be vindicated

and I hope land on his feet. But I feel good about seeing the Go Fund Me accounts set up (there are more this morning) and getting some donations. More like a protest and a slap at trump.

There are so many others who need help more. There are candidates who are fighting a good fight. I'm paying attention.

The Go Fund Me for McCabe is my 'Mad Money' this week. I'm mad trump is still wrecking people's lives and destroying my country.

[EL34x4]

16. 33 Go Fund Me accounts makes me wonder...

...What's to stop people from setting up GFM accounts in the name of others and then pocketing the money that's donated for themselves?

[OnDoutside]

19. i always wondered about that !

[LBM20]

17. Done!

[Tipperary]

26. He does not need your money. Give it to a reputable charity.

[Lee-Lee]

20. And all 33 are probably not legitimate

Most are probably outright scams.

The rest probably have good intentions but are down by people with no connection to him, without asking him, with no idea if he wants or will even accept the money.

[Gothmog]

23. McCabe will have a best selling book that I will buy

[quartz007]

25. Yes, his book will pay his legal expenses

to defend his honor.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. I think he will come out OK financially. I do like it that apparently so many

think he got the shaft (and he definitely did) that they were willing to try to help out, if only symbolically (and some of those fundraisers might not be legit, so be careful). I don't think he'll go hungry, but the principle is that if you do your job well for over 20 years you should be able to collect all the benefits promised by that job. I am wondering if there was some under-the-table pressure on whoever decided McCabe should be fired (besides Sessions), since I can't figure out what it was he did that was so terrible as to warrant depriving him of some of his pension benefits at the very last minute. The whole thing stinks. I hope McCabe tells everything he can legally disclose about this situation.