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Politics and Government News
Brian Naylor, NPR

Former FBI official Andrew McCabe won't face charges

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The Justice Department will not charge Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.
The Justice Department will not charge Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.
Jacquelyn Martin | AP

The Justice Department announced Friday that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe will not be charged following an allegation by the department's inspector general that he lied to investigators about a leak to the media.

In a letter to McCabe's attorneys, the department said that "based on the totality of the circumstances and all of the information known to the government at this time, we consider the matter closed."

The decision is not likely to sit well with President Trump.

Trump has repeatedly criticized McCabe online and in public remarks. McCabe has long been the target of Republican leaders who allege political bias within the FBI.

He was fired in March, hours before he was set to retire.

McCabe's lawyers declared on Friday, "At long last, justice has been done in this matter."

"We said at the outset of the criminal investigation, almost two years ago, that if the facts and the law determined the result, no charges would be brought," they said in a statement. "We are pleased that Andrew McCabe and his family can go on with their lives without this cloud hanging over them."

The allegations against McCabe stemmed from a Justice Department Office of Inspector General's report, which found that McCabe "lacked candor" when he told investigators that he did not know who authorized the leak of information to the Wall Street Journal about the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails.

The Justice Department's decision not to pursue charges against McCabe comes a day after Attorney General William Barr publicly lashed out at Trump, saying his tweets "make it impossible for me to do my job."

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