McCabe lawsuit over dismissal could question watchdog's independence

[struggle4progress]

By Charles S. Clark
February 25, 2019

... In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” McCabe gave a brief preview of the civil lawsuit his attorney is preparing contesting his March 2018 dismissal just 26 hours before his scheduled retirement.

After aiming back at President Trump for his multiple tweets calling McCabe a disgrace, the 21-year FBI veteran on Sunday said he disagreed with a report released last year by Inspector General Michael Horowitz.

The watchdog, as part of a larger inquiry into the FBI’s 2016 election probes, concluded in a special report that McCabe had “lacked candor” in responses to investigator queries about whether he had leaked to a reporter sensitive information on the bureau’s 2016 investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

On Sunday, McCabe repeated assertions outlined in his book that any misstatements to investigators were not deliberate. But now, facing possible charges, he stressed that he said he "deeply" disagrees with the inspector general's findings and linked them to his untimely dismissal and Trump’s attacks ...

https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2019/02/mccabe-lawsuit-over-dismissal-could-question-watchdogs-independence/155104/

[OnDoutside]

1. McCabe is very confident in his assertion that there was a rush to judgement,

to support the Trump vendetta agenda, by Horowitz. Let's not forget that Rosenstein wrote that memo, which was used as the basis for firing Comey. This should not be a surprise that Horowitz may have compromised his reputation.

[SunSeeker]

2. I hope McCabe rips them a new one with that lawsuit. nt