The Justice Department’s inspector general has sent a criminal referral regarding former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to the US attorney’s office in Washington, according to a source familiar with the matter.
In addition, the inspector general determined that McCabe was not authorized to disclose the existence of the investigation because it was not within the department’s « public interest » exception for disclosing ongoing investigations. The disclosure to the Journal was made « in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of department leadership, » the report said.
The findings formed the basis of McCabe’s firing last month by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
