Hanging on for a full pension.
Via JPost:
The FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe plans to retire next year, after months of criticism from Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
The newspaper said McCabe plans to retire in a few months after he becomes eligible for his full pension, citing “people familiar with the matter.” The Post reported that McCabe will not become eligible for his full benefits until early March, and that he plans to retire as soon as he does.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation declined to comment.
Republicans in Congress have criticized McCabe and accused him of harboring bias against Trump. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican, told reporters this week that he would like McCabe out of the FBI.
McCabe was interviewed behind closed doors on Tuesday by the House Intelligence Committee, which is conducting one of the main congressional investigations into Russia, the 2016 U.S. election and whether Trump’s election campaign colluded with Moscow.
He also appeared for a closed-door interview on Thursday with the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees after Republicans asked him to discuss the bureau’s handling of a probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.