emptywheel

Yup. But also there is (and should be) different standards for dismissal versus being put in jail. So it may be the case that he should have been dismissed but not jailed, or neither, or both, depending on the facts.

The prison, not jail, question will come down to materiality, IMO. But Horowitz has provided abundant evidence his lies -- and they were lies and more -- obstructed the investigation.

The 2 things that most infuriate me abt McCabe's behaviors: 1) He created diversions that put others at risk 2) He used every cheap trick in the book to disclaim his lies

McCabe was not the only, or even the original, source for that WSJ story. It seems plausible that some would-be prosecution witnesses against McCabe—especially from NY field office—probably had a strong incentive to throw McCabe under the bus to hide their own leak participation.

You've just demonstrated you haven't read the report. When you have, let me know what you think about the charges that are entirely different from the ones you think they are.

You're right; I didn't read the entire thing. But I was referring specifically to the fact that NY-ADIC gave some damaging statements, not all of which seem to correspond 1:1 with his contemporaneous notes, and McCabe believed that office responsible for the initial leaks.

I'd be a fool to accept anything from this administration.