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- The fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe told his former colleagues, “the country needs you” in an opinion column published by The Washington Post on Friday.
- McCabe described in detail what he called a “nightmare” ending to his 21-year career with the agency, which came last week when Attorney General Jeff Sessions put him out, just hours before his retirement.
- McCabe said that, despite the public attacks from President Donald Trump and his allies, he is humbled by his years of service. He urged colleagues to stay focused on their mission to protect and defend Americans “honestly, justly, and fairly.”
Former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe told his former colleagues “the country needs you,” in an opinion column that was, by turns, defensive, resigned, emotional, and resolute on Friday night.
The column, published by The Washington Post, encapsulated McCabe’s first extensive public remarks on the tumultuous end to his 21-year law-enforcement career, which concluded with his firing, just hours before he was set to retire.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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