FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has been a target of unrelenting criticism from President Trump, abruptly announced his resignation Monday, according to a senior government official who was not authorized to comment publicly on personnel matters. McCabe was expected to resign in March when he was eligible for retirement and full benefits. But the bureau second-in-command submitted his resignation more than a month early, the official said. Trump has blamed McCabe for influencing the decision not to criminally charge his former election opponent Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server. Yet the FBI has said McCabe had no conflicts in the probe, as he did not oversee that inquiry while his wife Jill McCabe was running for state office in Virginia as a Democrat.
