FBI’s McCabe Steps Down Amid Trump Criticism, Source Says

McCabe to go on leave and retire in the spring, person says
Veteran official was acting director after Trump fired Comey

"Npne of this decision was made by the White House," Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says. (Source: Bloomberg)

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By Chris Strohm

January 29, 2018 at 5:57 PM UTC

Updated on

January 30, 2018 at 2:21 AM UTC

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FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has received blistering criticism from President Donald Trump, has stepped down and will be on leave until he retires sometime in the spring, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

Trump and some Republican lawmakers have increasingly argued there’s evidence that past officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including McCabe, were biased toward Democrat Hillary Clinton and against Trump in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.