Update: Former Deputy Director McCabe responds to the DOJ ending the investigation into him, calling the length of the legal battle "a disgrace:"
Andrew McCabe reacts to the DOJ dropping its investigation into him: It is an absolute disgrace that they took two years and put my family through this experience for two years before they finally drew the obvious conclusion and one they could have drawn a long, long time ago. pic.twitter.com/S93MoQEybf
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) February 14, 2020
Original Post: The Department of Justice announced Friday that it will drop the investigation into Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe.
?? DOJ has dropped Andrew McCabe criminal probe, per his legal team https://t.co/K8lnQsVgWY
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 14, 2020
#BREAKING: The Justice Department is dropping it’s criminal investigation and pursuit of charges against fired deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe. pic.twitter.com/vdg6hPdtar
— Jennifer Franco (@jennfranconews) February 14, 2020
JUST IN: The Justice Department announced today that it won't seek any criminal charges against former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) February 14, 2020
McCabe faced possible criminal charge following an investigation into his conduct by the agency’s independent investigator
McCabe’s probe was a 2-year-long legal standoff. This high-profile case received national attention, and McCabe became a President Trump nemesis. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe after DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz made public a letter that suggested McCabe had lied under oath about leaking classified information to the media.
This announcement comes after former Trump Advisor Roger Stone’s prosecutors recommended a lengthy, 7-to-9-year prison sentence for a similar crime.
Reminder: Roger Stone was accused of "process" crimes. Prosecutors recommended up to 9 years in prison.
— BlazeTV (@BlazeTV) February 14, 2020
Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe admitted to lying to Congress and will face NO charges at all.
Is this the "swamp" thing they keep talking about? pic.twitter.com/M3UcvJENXi