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FBI’s Andrew McCabe fired less than 48 hours before retirement day

By Kelly Cohen
Published March 17, 2018 2:00am ET
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FBI’s Andrew McCabe fired less than 48 hours before retirement day
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired on Friday, just hours before he was set to retire and collect a full pension. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) | Andrew Harrer

This story was updated at 12:31 a.m. on March 17

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired Friday evening, less than 48 hours before he planned to formally retire and collect a full pension.

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Andrew McCabe Department of Justice FBI James Comey Jeff Sessions Rod Rosenstein