I think he should be in jail for his actions….
Having said that, however:
Trump Shoulda fired him a year ago, or just let him retire.
McCabe fired ONE DAY before retirement would have been possible.
One day before his pension would have been in effect?
Really, a cheap shot. Mean. Petty.
Now that he has been fired it is time to charge him for the the crimes he committed.
IF they wanted to keep him from getting a retirement, they shoulda charged him before firing him.
Doing it the way they did was petty and cheap.
Two things:
The firing was done on the recommendation of the FBI's own Office of Professional Responsibility (internal affairs division). A firing a year ago would have been seen as politically motivated and much less defensible.
A Federal employee who is charged with a crime is not automatically fired and does not forfeit his pension rights, since anyone can be charged with anything. Only a conviction would automatically trigger a firing, and only a conviction for specified crimes (official misconduct, espionage, treason, etc.) would result in a loss of pension rights.
Al he has to do is get another federal job for a few days, and it will roll over as combined GS time. He will get that money, no matter how piss-poor his performance was.