Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe settles a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, which restores his full pension after he was unceremoniously dismissed under the Trump administration.
"Politics should never play a role in the fair administration of justice and civil service personnel decisions," McCabe said in aHe added,"I hope that this result encourages the men and women of the FBI to continue to protect the American people by standing up for the truth and doing their jobs without fear of political retaliation."FBI recommendation that he be terminated.
Under the terms of the settlement, the Justice Department agreed to rescind and vacate McCabe's firing, update his employment record to reflect him as having retired in good standing and restore his full retirement pension, including a lump sum payout of benefits he should have received after he left the agency. The department also agreed to update McCabe's file to show him as having been employed continuously by the FBI from 1996 until his retirement in 2018.
McCabe sued in 2019, arguing that he was wrongly dismissed because he was not sufficiently loyal to Trump. McCabe said in the lawsuit that Trump demanded his"personal allegiance" and"sought retaliation" when he"refused to give it." He added,"Sessions, Wray, and others served as Trump's personal enforcers rather than the nation's highest law enforcement officials, catering to Trump's unlawful whims instead of honoring their oaths to uphold the Constitution.
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