By Pete Kasperowicz, Washington Examiner
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, which will likely reduce his pension benefits, has Democratic lawmakers and a key government employee union warning that Republicans are coming after federal workers.
Sessions fired McCabe just before the FBI veteran’s 50th birthday, stripping him of an early retirement option that by some estimates could have given him $60,000 per year in benefits immediately. Those will now be delayed until he’s at least 57 years old, at a cost of a few hundred thousand dollars to McCabe.
For Democrats, the message was clear: The Trump administration is going to war against federal workers, and Republicans are cheering him on.
“The timing of President Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe raises serious concerns, and his repeated criticism of the hardworking men and women of the FBI weakens our nation’s justice system,” House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told the Washington Examiner.
Hoyer said the rationale for firing McCabe needs to be explained immediately to Congress, “including why he was fired the day before his government pension was set to begin.”
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