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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 3417739" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/constitutional-law-expert-slams-mccabe-should-be-worried-about-prison/" target="_blank">https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/constitutional-law-expert-slams-mccabe-should-be-worried-about-prison/</a></p><p></p><p>it appears McCabe’s ouster was in line with the law and he should probably be thankful he’s not facing criminal charges for the behavior that led to said ouster.</p><p>George Washington University School of Law Professor <strong>Jonathan Turley</strong> <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2018/03/16/sessions-fires-mccabe/" target="_blank">predicted McCabe’s firing some time ago</a>. <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/law-prof-mccabe-firing-suggests-comey-lied-to-congress-while-under-oath/" target="_blank">Turley discussed the firing today in an interview</a>with <em>CNN</em>‘s <strong>Michael Smerconish</strong>.</p><p>First, Turley moved to dismiss widespread liberal accusations that McCabe’s firing was some sort of heavy-handed political payback by the Trump administration. Rather, Turley said, McCabe’s firing was a suggestion originally made by Inspector General and Obama appointee <strong>Michael</strong> <strong>Horowitz</strong>–and therefore a suggestion <strong>Jeff Sessions</strong> simply could not ignore.</p><p></p><p>Turley noted:</p><p></p><p>[McCabe’s firing] was justified in the sense that these were career officials–at the Office of Professional Responsibility–that made this recommendation which is exceedingly rare. In fact, it’s unprecedented for someone in this position. These are not political appointees. The OPR, quite frankly, is not viewed as a particularly aggressive office. So, all of that makes this a relatively rare sanction coming from career officers. They clearly concluded that McCabe misled them–and that he misled them on one of the core issues they were investigating, not a collateral issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 3417739, member: 12952"] [URL]https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/constitutional-law-expert-slams-mccabe-should-be-worried-about-prison/[/URL] it appears McCabe’s ouster was in line with the law and he should probably be thankful he’s not facing criminal charges for the behavior that led to said ouster. George Washington University School of Law Professor [B]Jonathan Turley[/B] [URL='https://jonathanturley.org/2018/03/16/sessions-fires-mccabe/']predicted McCabe’s firing some time ago[/URL]. [URL='https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/law-prof-mccabe-firing-suggests-comey-lied-to-congress-while-under-oath/']Turley discussed the firing today in an interview[/URL]with [I]CNN[/I]‘s [B]Michael Smerconish[/B]. First, Turley moved to dismiss widespread liberal accusations that McCabe’s firing was some sort of heavy-handed political payback by the Trump administration. Rather, Turley said, McCabe’s firing was a suggestion originally made by Inspector General and Obama appointee [B]Michael[/B] [B]Horowitz[/B]–and therefore a suggestion [B]Jeff Sessions[/B] simply could not ignore. Turley noted: [McCabe’s firing] was justified in the sense that these were career officials–at the Office of Professional Responsibility–that made this recommendation which is exceedingly rare. In fact, it’s unprecedented for someone in this position. These are not political appointees. The OPR, quite frankly, is not viewed as a particularly aggressive office. So, all of that makes this a relatively rare sanction coming from career officers. They clearly concluded that McCabe misled them–and that he misled them on one of the core issues they were investigating, not a collateral issue. [/QUOTE]
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