Obama used an alias. He clearly knew about her server, though he lied about that in public. No big deal, right?
A few weeks back I said Trump could start a nuclear war and Maris would still say greatest president ever. I would like to amend that statement. Trump could start a nuclear war and Maris would say "no war! fake news!" The networks, MSNBC, CNN, even ESPN would show pictures of mushroom clouds and Fox would talk about the secret memo and Hillary's emails.
I know it'd been "widely reported" that it was going to be in a few months, but I was under the impression it was for retirement purposes? I mean, if I retired from the Navy at 20 years, I get a pension. If I retire at 19 years and 9 months, I get nothing. Either the "step down once retirement gate is hit" wasn't correct (could be, I don't know the man's service record), or he is going to lose everything by stepping down couple of months early (not likely), or there's some negotiated settlement ("take a garbage job for 3 months until you get to your retirement"). It doesn't matter what your last job was, retirement is based on the highest 36 months of pay you ever received.
I think it has been reported he has enough vacation time to last until March, and that the official end of his employment is still March. barfo
He's taking a "leave of absence" so he hits his 20 years (in your scenario). His move today wasn't expected. He was expected to fully serve his time.
I guess I'm not seeing the "why", there. I mean, if I listened to Mags (or as much as the liberals on my page are talking about #muellertime!) I'd think everyone's going to jail tomorrow and President Ryan or Mattis is going to be in place. But in this specific case, do gov't officials generally "step down" under the threat of arrest if they stay on their position? What would compel someone to change their mind on that, in a high-profile position like this?
My guess is he just wants to use up his PTO. It IS a surprise he's taking his PTO like this and not doing his job until the day he retires. Maybe Mueller does have something on him, but I've not seen anything along those lines reported anywhere.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...mccabe-said-to-step-down-amid-trump-criticism FBI’s McCabe Steps Down Amid Trump Criticism, Source Says
I stumbled across this. There might be some truth to this. Rather than deal with the fallout of the imminent release of the FISA/abuse memo compiled by republicans in the House. Even if he's truly squeaky clean, the accusations are going to make his life more miserable while he remains in office. I don't normally cite Fox News, but it's an example of the kind of stuff he's going to have to deal with soon. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...o-release-as-fbi-boss-pays-visit-to-hill.html
