Garland defends $700K McCabe settlement

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

The Justice Department agreed to pay former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and his attorneys over $700,000 because lawyers for the government concluded that they were likely to lose a lawsuit McCabe filed over his firing by the Trump administration just hours before he was set to retire, Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers on Wednesday.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) expressed outrage over the settlement, calling the move "beyond incredible" and noting that a Justice Department inspector general review found McCabe lied to investigators on seven occasions.

"The McCabe settlement was a recommendation of the career lawyers litigating that case based on their prospects of success in the case," Garland said.

Garland contended that McCabe's suit wasn't focused on the issue of whether the former FBI official lied, but whether the department followed the proper process when then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired him amidst numerous calls from President Donald Trump for such an action.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. Grassley should take up his beef with the Pig.

[JohnSJ]

2. I saw that. Grassley is a piece of garbage. He was also opposed to the DOJ involved in

violent threats against teachers and administrators

The whole Republican Party are a cult of degenerates and deplorables

[SheltieLover]

5. This!👆

Well stated!

[shelshaw]

3. Seriously though, $700k wouldn't even cover TFG's cheeseburger tab

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. The 7 so-called lies were essentially technicalities where he realized belatedly he could've been

considered not as forthcoming as he should have been, and he wrote to clarify his answers very soon after to the interviewers.

Of course IQ45 and RePuQ's seized on this correction in order to force him out because he wasn't enough of a Trump nut-swinger.

[SheltieLover]

6. Tfg should be made go pay it, not taxpayers

[bluestarone]

7. Agree with this BUT

It seems like you and i are paying for this. ( i know can't change it) TFG and his cronies should be the ones paying this settlement!!

[turbinetree]

8. Chuck Grassley the same POS that voted to allow people on the US Supreme Court that should have been

charged with lying, the same Chuck Grassley that left an asshole in the white house, the same Chuck Grassley that got on a "stage" to grovel for votes from people and the same "guy" that support and rant about over throwing elections if they don't get there way and some of them more than likely were at the capital beating the shit out capital police officers, the same Chuck Grassley that gets a pay check from taxpayers that now believes in fascists.......another one that should be expelled....

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. This was an appropriate and fair settlement

[lapfog_1]

14. My guess is that this only covers what he spent on lawyers

and in no way compensates McCabe for the loss of his pension.

However, he probably made enough on his book sales to make up for that...

[onetexan]

16. i hope part of the settlement is that Mccabe was able to keep his pension, as he's served the

country well. He was a victim of the Con's political vengeance and deserves to have his well-earned pension reinstated.

[Deminpenn]

17. The pension was restored

according to reports.

It might have taken awhile, but my guess is the merit system protection board would have ruled for McCabe. McCabe was already on leave and waiting out the days until he was eligible for his pension. Firing him the day before his pension kicked in was obviously retaliation.

[Dystopian Optimist]

10. Hey, ease up on Grassley

The guy's been dead for nine years now. Show some respect!

[The Wizard]

11. Dead but too stupid to lay down.

[Best_man23]

13. Hey, that Zombie Curse is Strong

Its the same one used on Strom Thurmond that kept him moving around and speaking in inaudible tones for years after he originally "died".

[halfulglas]

12. I just hate it when media refer Grassley as changed since Trump

Or deteriorating. He's always been an ass. He's always been extreme RW, just the window has gone even further. I not very fondly remember his antics during the ACA fight. Accusing the Dems of wanting to kill the old people in wheelchairs, etc. He might be an old curmudgeon to his friends but when it comes to power, he wields it gleefully and he is not nice.