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Deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe resigns amid reports of row with Donald Trump Deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe steps aside amid reports of row with Donald Trump
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The deputy director for the FBI is resigning from his position with the agency, a week after it was reported that President Donald Trump was lobbying for his ouster. The deputy director for the FBI is stepping down from his position with the agency, a week after it was reported that President Donald Trump was lobbying for his ouster.
Andrew McCabe, who had been under fire from Republicans in recent months over perceived partisanship and bias, had indicated that he planned on stepping down as recently as December. Andrew McCabe, who had been under fire from Republicans in recent months over perceived partisanship and bias, had indicated that he planned on stepping down as recently as December. Just last week, Mr Trump reportedly encouraged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put pressure on FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Mr McCabe.
Mr McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until mid-March, sources told NBC News, when he will be eligible to retire with full benefits.Mr McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until mid-March, sources told NBC News, when he will be eligible to retire with full benefits.
More follows… The movement in the FBI follows roughly a month after Mr McCabe was thrashed by Mr Trump on Twitter, and also privately during a meeting in the Oval Office.
  The Washington Post reported earlier this month that, when Mr Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey last year, Mr Trump met with Mr McCabe in the Oval and the President asked the FBI's second in command who he had voted for in 2016.
During that meeting, Mr Trump also reportedly vented frustration with the fact that Mr McCabe's wife, a Democrat, had received donations during her failed 2015 Virginia state Senate race from a political action committee run by a close ally to Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump's 2016 opponent. Mr Trump aired those grievances once again on Twitter in December.
Mr Comey's firing led to the appointment of special counsellor Robert Mueller, whose team is investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and any ties the Trump campaign may have had with Moscow.
The New York Times reports that Mr Trump also tried to fire Mr Mueller last year, not long after he fired Mr Comey. He was stopped at the time by White House counsel Don McGahn.
Mr Trump, during his visit to Switzerland last week, called those reports "Fake News".
The soon-to-be retirement of Mr McCabe marks the end of a long career in public service. Mr McCabe has served at the FBI since 1996, and has worked there during the tenures of both Mr Comey and Mr Mueller.