Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who had been fired hours before his retirement as then-President Donald rump's political furor toward him grew, has settled a lawsuit with the Justice Department, allowing him to officially retire and to recoup hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and his pension.

McCabe, now a CNN law enforcement analyst, was one of the central leaders of the early Russia investigation that pursued rump's advisers and questions of whether the then-President had obstructed justice.

In March 2018, two days shy of McCabe's scheduled retirement date, when he would have become eligible to receive early retirement benefits, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired him from the FBI.

 In 2019, McCabe sued the department, alleging his dismissal had been politically motivated.