Why Take Pension Away From Career Civil Servant Andrew McCabe?

The firing of Andrew McCabe days before his full pension vests just lit another fire in the Mueller investigation “Close-up of a match on fire” by Yaoqi LAI on Unsplash

I just don’t get it. What lurks within the heart of a government official who would take away the pension of a civil servant who gave more than 20 years of his life to the government?

It makes no sense to me. Simply cold and heartless is about all I can make of Attorney General Jeff Sessions move to fire Andrew McCabe two days before his full pension vests.

McCabe in January had taken a leave of absence from his post as Deputy FBI Director to get ahead of an impending Inspector General report that he feared would be critical of his performance in the handling of Hillary Clinton’s email matter and the Russian investigation.

He was wise to do so. The Inspector General report recommended that McCabe be fired.

In spite of this recommendation, I believe that McCabe’s willingness to leave his job through retirement accomplished the objective of the Inspector General’s recommendation.

For Sessions to fire McCabe to prevent him from obtaining his full pension goes beyond the pale. Especially, in light of the fact that last year President Trump pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff . Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt when he refused to obey a court order over an immigration issue.