BREAKING: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing he was wrongly fired because he was not sufficiently loyal to President Trump.
, but had remained on the federal payroll and been planning to retire.
In his suit —filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C. — McCabe alleged that his firing was the product of “Trump’s unconstitutional plan and scheme to discredit and remove DOJ and FBI employees who were deemed to be his partisan opponents because they were not politically loyal to him.” The lawsuit lists as defendants Attorney General William Barr, the Department of Justice, FBI Director Christopher Wray and the FBI, although it says Trump was ultimately responsible for the decision to have McCabe fired.
“Trump, acting in an official capacity as President of the United States, is responsible and accountable for Defendants’ actions," McCabe said in the suit."Trump purposefully and intentionally caused the unlawful actions of Defendants and other Executive Branch subordinates that led to Plaintiff’s demotion and purported termination.”
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