Attorney General Jeff Sessions gives former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe his walking papers a little more than a day before his official retirement.  Sessions said, “McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions.”

FBI's Andrew McCabe is fired just before retiring. Former deputy director became lightning rod for Clinton email and Russia probes. https://t.co/HdFbJinql8

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 17, 2018

Here’s Sessions full statement.

http://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/974836348803727361

And here is a statement from McCabe.

McCabe statement: pic.twitter.com/32vsbf6XWZ

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 17, 2018

https://twitter.com/CillizzaCNN/status/974830203934597121

My prediction is that the McCabe firing, like the Comey firing, will end up backfiring.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 17, 2018

Sessions has fired McCabe to strip him of the automatic pension he would’ve received had he been allowed to stay on till his birthday the day after tomorrow. His offense was leaking some Clinton-related info in 2016 and not being forthright about it. Vindictive hypocrisy by Trump

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) March 17, 2018

http://twitter.com/NicolleDWallace/status/974836591318401024