Biden's DOJ Lets Andrew McCabe Off the Hook for Misleading Statements Under Oath

The Biden administration’s DOJ reversed a Trump administration decision to fire Andrew McCabe for “lack of candor” under oath.

In a settlement agreement published by CNN, Attorney General Merrick Garland agreed to revise McCabe’s departmental record to reverse his firing by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, shortly before McCabe reached his retirement date.

The Department of Justice also agreed to pay McCabe for missed pension payouts dating to 2018 — roughly $200,000, according to Byron York of the Washington Examiner — and agreed to pay over $500,000 in legal costs for McCabe.

As York noted, the Department of Justice Inspector General — an appointee of President Barack Obama — found in 2018 that McCabe had misled an investigation about unauthorized leaks to the media about the probe of Hillary Clinton’s emails.