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On April 13, 2018, the independent and non-partisan Department of Justice Office of Inspector General released its report on McCabe's firing. The OIG report {{Quotebox|concluded that McCabe’s decision to confirm the existence of the [[Clinton Foundation]] Investigation through an anonymously sourced quote, recounting the content of a phone call with a senior Department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership, was clearly not within the public interest exception. We therefore concluded that McCabe’s disclosure of the existence of an ongoing investigation in this manner violated the FBI’s and the Department’s media policy and constituted misconduct.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/376296306/DOJ-OIG-Report-on-Andrew-McCabe-April-13th-Release?campaign=SkimbitLtd&ad_group=725X700959X71d69d99c58d16967f9220546379e02c&keyword=660149026&source=hp_affiliate&medium=affiliate</ref>}}

On April 13, 2018, the independent and non-partisan Department of Justice Office of Inspector General released its report on McCabe's firing. The OIG report {{Quotebox|concluded that McCabe’s decision to confirm the existence of the [[Clinton Foundation]] Investigation through an anonymously sourced quote, recounting the content of a phone call with a senior Department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership, was clearly not within the public interest exception. We therefore concluded that McCabe’s disclosure of the existence of an ongoing investigation in this manner violated the FBI’s and the Department’s media policy and constituted misconduct.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/376296306/DOJ-OIG-Report-on-Andrew-McCabe-April-13th-Release?campaign=SkimbitLtd&ad_group=725X700959X71d69d99c58d16967f9220546379e02c&keyword=660149026&source=hp_affiliate&medium=affiliate</ref>}}

McCabe also is implicated in the FBI's offer to pay Christopher Steele for more fabricated information in Hillary Clinton's opposition research ''Steele dossier''. Neither did McCabe recuse himself from the Russia investigation, despite failing to act on a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) complaint against FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian government.

McCabe also is implicated in the FBI's offer to pay Christopher Steele for more fabricated information in Hillary Clinton's opposition research ''Steele dossier''. Neither did McCabe recuse himself from the Russia investigation, despite failing to act on a FARA ([[Foreign Agents Registration Act]]) complaint against FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian government.

In addition to the Inspector General's referral of the McCabe evidence to [[John Huber]] for lying to investigators, Congress has made a criminal referral for violations of 18 USC 1001, 18 USC 1621, 18 USC 1505, and for signing the [[Carter Page]] FISA application that contained unverified and false  information, violations of 18 USC 242, 18 USC 1505 and 18 USC 1515b.

In addition to the Inspector General's referral of the McCabe evidence to [[John Huber]] for lying to investigators, Congress has made a criminal referral for violations of 18 USC 1001, 18 USC 1621, 18 USC 1505, and for signing the [[Carter Page]] FISA application that contained unverified and false  information, violations of 18 USC 242, 18 USC 1505 and 18 USC 1515b.