Under circumstances suggesting a partisan vendetta, the AG strips an FBI leader of a big chunk of his pension based on an allegation that he may have done what Sarah Sanders does everyday at work, while Gen. Flynn keeps his pension after admitting to committing crimes in office.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 17, 2018

Once upon a time I thought Alberto Gonzales was the weakest and most craven Attorney General in modern times. I was wrong.

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) March 17, 2018

In the absence of the IG report, it’s impossible to evaluate the merits of this harsh treatment of a 21-year FBI professional. That it comes after the President urged the DOJ to deprive McCabe of his pension, and after his testimony, gives the action an odious taint. https://t.co/rpZqqxFp4u

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 17, 2018

What the lawyers on MSNBC were saying last night is that even if McCabe did what the IG report is said to accuse him of doing, the speed of the firing is wholly abnormal and suspect. They said IG reports just never work that way – the consequences take months, not hours.

Since Friday 5 pm:
*POTUS sued a porn star for $20M;
*DOJ fired embattled former deputy FBI director McCabe hours before retirement, as POTUS wanted;
* we learned the Trump campaign's data firm, Cambridge Analytica, had unauthorized access to 50 million people's Facebook data.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 17, 2018

And in conclusion

When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America…America will triumph over you. https://t.co/uKppoDbduj

— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) March 17, 2018