A U.S. attorney recommended that McCabe be indicted for lying to federal agents in 2016.
, McCabe’s lawyers met with a DOJ official last month with the goal of avoiding charges for the former deputy.Key background:and violated department policy for leaking information to the media in 2016 about the Clinton Foundation.
Although the Inspector General found that McCabe was authorized to release the leaked information publicly, he did so in order to “advance his personal interest.” After the report’s release, then-attorney general Jeff Sessions fired McCabe a day before he was scheduled to retire.
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