Article snippet: The abrupt ouster of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ignited a political firestorm in Washington on Saturday. Attorney General MORE said he fired McCabe on Friday, alleging that the FBI's former No. 2 official had misled congressional investigators and leaked information to the press. But McCabe quickly pushed back on those claims. He said that his firing, which came just two days before he was expected to retire, was a political maneuver intended to undermine the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump touted McCabe's firing on Saturday as a "great day for democracy," and suggested that the former FBI deputy director was corrupt and dishonest. He also cast the decision as a victory for the "men and women of the FBI." "MORE (D-Vt.), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on Saturday for a hearing on the Trump administration's attacks on the FBI and Justice Department. "I fear the damage being done to the FBI, and to our nation’s institutions more broadly, will far outlast any current crises unless we take decisive, bipartisan action," he wrote in a letter to the committee's chairman, Sen. MORE (R-Iowa). Rep. the American people would determine "who is honorable and who is not." "Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon," he tweeted. "And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not." Comey was abruptly fired in May for what Sessions and his deputy MORE's u... Link to the full article to read more