Responsibility. It handles disciplinary actions. He goes on to say the fbis opi reviewed the report and issued a disciplinary proposal recommending the dismissal of mr. Mccabe. He says both the oj and fbi reports concluded that mr. Mccabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor, including under oath on multiple occasions. Now, don, we have not seen this report. Multiple news outlets have been reporting on it for the last few days, but we havent actually seen the content. This is the first that explains why mccabe is being fired at this time, as we mentioned, just a few short days from his retirement. The big aspect is his pension. He is eligible to retire early if he had been able to stay until sunday when he turns 50. But because he is being fired now at age 49, that jeopardizes a significant portion of his pension, don. All right, thank you, i want you to stand by again. The breaking news at the top of the hour. 10 00 p. M. Eastern on cnn. The attorney
Attacks against him including President Trump. We have a lot to get to on this breaking news. The firing of the Deputy Director of the fbi Andrew Mccabe. A stunning blow tonight for a man who had really climbed to the highest etch lops of the fbi just less than two days away from his official retirement on sunday when he turns 50. But now fired tonight, effective immediately. The attorney general Jeff Sessions just released a statement that i want to read to you, in part, as it explains the basis for this decision, don. He says that after an extensive and fair investigation, according to the department of justice procedure, the Departments Office of the Inspector General provided its report on allegations of misconduct by Andrew Mccabe to the fbis office of professional responsibility. It handles disciplinary actions. He goes on to say the fbis opi reviewed the report and issued a disciplinary proposal recommending the dismissal of mr. Mccabe. He says both the oj and fbi reports conclu