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.
