Article snippet: Former FBI Deputy Director MORE's attacks against him and other Department of Justice (DOJ) officials. McCabe alleges in the lawsuit filed Thursday that Trump administration officials “responded to Plaintiff’s two decades of unblemished and non-partisan public service with a politically motivated and retaliatory demotion in January 2018 and public firing in March 2018 — on the very night of Plaintiff’s long-planned retirement from the FBI.” He claims that the actions have harmed his “reputation, professional standing, and dramatically reduced his retirement benefits.” ADVERTISEMENT In the 48-page complaint, McCabe alleges that Trump was at the heart of his firing, saying the president “purposefully and intentionally caused the unlawful actions of Defendants ... and other Executive Branch subordinates that led to Plaintiff’s demotion and purported termination." "It was Trump’s unconstitutional plan and scheme to discredit and remove DOJ and FBI employees who were deemed to be his partisan opponents because they were not politically loyal to him. Plaintiff’s termination was a critical element of Trump’s plan and scheme," it reads. McCabe is asking a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to find that “his demotion was unlawful and his purported termination was either a legal nullity,” or to award him with the retirement benefits he had planned on receiving as a former deputy director of the FBI. The lawsuit comes just days after former FBI c... Link to the full article to read more