I read through the IG report on Mr. McCabe and agree that he should have been fired and that it was not political. It turns out that “lack of candor” actually means lied to and Mr. McCabe was caught lying 3 time under oath and once to Director Comey while not under oath. What is sad is that while it appears that Mr. McCabe was actually trying to ensure that investigations into the Clintons were carried out correctly, if he would have recused himself he this would not have happened. Recusing yourself not only protects the integrity of the investigation it protects the person who recuses themselves from accusations of inserting bias into the investigation. I think if Mr. McCabe would have recused himself from the Clinton investigations he would not have felt the need to defend his honor which would have kept him from feeling the need to leak information and then lie about it.
Another issue glossed over in this report is that a senior DOJ lawyer called Mr. McCabe to try to stop the investigations, or at least blunt the investigations, into the Clinton Foundation and the e-mail server. While Mr. McCabe pushed back on this, that it even happened seems like something that should be looked into.
Here is the IG report. https://static01.nyt.com/files/2018/...abe-report.pdf
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