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-Lurid Crime Tales-

GoFundMe For Fired FBI Deputy Andrew McCabe Hits 400K

2018-04-01

[The Federalist] Friends of McCabe are raising funds to help him deal with the legal fallout from an 'extended humiliation' at the hands of President Trump.

The official GoFundMe account for fired FBI Deputy Andrew McCabe has reached $400,000, less than a day after his friends set up the page to help him deal with what they call an "extended humiliation" at the hands of the Trump administration.

Some 10,000 people have participated so far in the crowdfunding effort, which will help pay for McCabe’s legal defense. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired him just days before he was slated to retire, dispossessing him of his pension and benefits, on the grounds that he was not candid under oath. McCabe denies he was dishonest, and plans to fight the loss of benefits.

His friends gushed over his "unblemished" career at the FBI on the GoFundMe page, and characterized the powerful D.C. insider as the victim of a "completely unjustified" firing by a cruel administration.

Posted by:Besoeker

#15 $400K will buy a lot of cigs and candy at the prison commisary.

Posted by: SteveS 2018-04-01 21:44

#14 According to the Go Fund Me page, there have been 12,730 donations this far, some as small as $5.

Posted by: trailing wife 2018-04-01 21:40

#13 400k out of a nation of 300-400 million people is only $1K from 400 people. Or just 2 people, $200K from Hildebeast and $200K from Soros.

Could also be donations from fbi staff and other deep state swamp creatures.

Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-04-01 21:28

#12 Does it fall under campaign finance laws?

Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-04-01 19:12

#11 One would think the criminal indictment would be a given at this point.

One assumes FBI continues with J. Edgar Hoover's tradition of having blackmail material on, practically, everybody.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-04-01 17:24

#10 We know he lied under oath because he was fired for it.

One would think the criminal indictment would be a given at this point.

Posted by: eltoroverde 2018-04-01 17:13

#9 It's good to be one of the elect

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-04-01 14:20

#8 The desperation on the left is due to the message his firing two days before early retirement sends to the rest of the Deep State and Never Trumpers

If he can get fired at the rewarding threshold, why can't you?

Posted by: Frank G 2018-04-01 14:17

#7 Because the media is portraying his firing as a Trump tantrum collusion interfering obstruction of justice, a lot of those donating have no clue.

McCabe's firing was recommended by the OPR and the DoJ IG. When you get those kinds of recommendations, you pretty much have to follow them...and then it was Sessions who did the firing.

The media has spun the story on McCabe's firing beyond all recognition.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-04-01 12:55

#6 The folks donating to McCabe probably don't care if he lied or not as long as it hurt Trump even a little.

Posted by: ruprecht 2018-04-01 10:48

#5 #2 - If Fed law is like CA law, he'd lose service credit for years he had proven malfeasance

Posted by: Frank G 2018-04-01 10:46

#4 Perhaps Trump should sue these deep-state denizens for "extended humiliation."

Posted by: JohnQC 2018-04-01 08:26

#3 Like Comey and Lynch, a typical Brennan-Obama Deep State lieutenant. Orange jumpsuit time.

Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-01 08:03

#2 Will he lose his pension if he’s convicted of criminal abuse of office? Because he’ll lose and go to jail, and then all those donations won’t be available for politics.

Posted by: trailing wife 2018-04-01 08:03

#1 He did not lose his pension. Only that the payment of said pension was delayed to 62 years of age (or there abouts) instead of collecting it immediately.

Posted by: Flilet Omeremble3846 2018-04-01 07:50

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