The Department of Justice did not really have the choice to lay charges against Andrew McCabe

The Justice Department rejected an effort by former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe to avoid prosecution for fooling investigators. According to Fox News, US lawyer Jessie Liu recommended charging McCabe.

McCabe, innocent until his guilt is established, will get his help in court through the defense of an expert. But from the point of view of the Department of Justice, this lawsuit was probably inevitable. The FBI is the elite force of law enforcement around the world, and the office motto – Fidelity, Courage, Integrity – requires its officers and leaders to adhere to the highest standards of professionalism. When there are credible grounds to believe that FBI employees have not acted in this way, an investigation and the subsequent disciplinary or judicial actions are necessary.

As for McCabe, we know that there are credible grounds for over a year now.

As the Washington ExaminerDaniel Chaitin and Jerry Dunleavy observe, in an April 2018 report from the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, that McCabe had been leaked to the media without authorization and that he had found "substantial evidence "that the investigators had misled" deliberately and intentionally ". without authority, and insists that he did not intentionally mislead the FBI investigators.

Proceed to a trial for this deliberate deception, answering this question of intent will be crucial. After all, deceiving "knowingly and willfully" an FBI or a federally authorized officer by other means is an offense. But the bottom line here is that there is considerable evidence that McCabe deliberately misled the FBI and forced him to comply with the rules of the office.

The Department of Justice has a strong public interest in ensuring that government officials act with integrity in their dealings with the public and other agents. This has never been more relevant to the recent FBI lie lawsuits against senior officials, such as former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

It therefore seems necessary to charge McCabe with defending the integrity of the FBI and trusting justice in the respect of the law.