# McCabe firing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 18, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774 "2018-03-18T12:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774/61 "2018-04-13T20:10:02Z")

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The takeaway seems to be that one should not lie to one’s boss, the INSD, and the OIG.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774/62 "2018-04-13T23:57:09Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> The takeaway seems to be that one should not lie to one’s boss, the INSD, and the OIG.

Affirmative. There seems to have been an element of CYA involved.

Doesn’t change that Trump wanted him gone anyway for having the audacity to be involved with the collusion investigation, but he gave our unbeloved Prez and AG the weapon to shoot him with.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774/63 "2018-04-14T00:27:55Z")

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> [@Falchion](#):
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> For those interested, the OIG report regarding McCabe’s “Lack of Candor” appears to be available [here](https://static01.nyt.com/files/2018/us/politics/20180413a-doj-oig-mccabe-report.pdf). (It does not appear to be on the OIG website, so if it’s not what it purports to be, my apologies).

Looks like McCabe wasn’t truthful to about a dozen people.

The lesson here is that Trump has nothing to worry about; he’s lied to like 320 million.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-firing/810774/64 "2018-04-14T01:24:15Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Looks like McCabe wasn’t truthful to about a dozen people.
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> The lesson here is that Trump has nothing to worry about; he’s lied to like 320 million.

Curious whether anyone has read his [point-by-point rebuttal](http://www.bromwichgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Facts-Matter.pdf). It’s difficult for me to understand the back-and-forth; I feel like I lack a sufficiently solid understanding of the legal principles and bureaucratic history and so forth involved to make a fair judgment. Do others, with greater background (note that I’m not saying “with greater partisan venom”), have insight here?

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