Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said his family was tormented for years while he was under criminal investigation for allegedly lying to investigators about authorizing disclosures to the media.
McCabe criticized the length of the investigation, questioning why it took the Justice Department two years to drop the case against him.
“The added insult and suspicion that comes with being under criminal investigation just made the entire experience a million times worse,” he said of being fired by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions just before he was set to retire.
“As glad as I am that the Justice Department and the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office finally decided to do the right thing today, 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,” he said.
Attorneys for McCabe said they learned Friday morning that the Justice Department would not be charging him.
“We are pleased that Andrew McCabe and his family can go on with their lives without this cloud hanging over them,” Michael Bromwich and David Schertler said in a statement.
