Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, raised concerns about a forthcoming inspector general report.
In that discussion, according to one former law enforcement official close to Mr. McCabe, Mr. Wray suggested moving Mr. McCabe into another job, which would have been a demotion.
Agents and lawyers expect the report by the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, to be highly critical of some F.B.I. actions in 2016, when the bureau was investigating both Hillary Clinton’s email use and the Trump campaign’s connections to Russia.
The report is expected to address whether Mr. McCabe should have recused himself from the Clinton investigation because of his wife’s failed State Senate campaign, in which she accepted nearly a half-million dollars in contributions from the political organization of Terry McAuliffe, then the governor of Virginia, who is a longtime friend of Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
... evidence that the Russia investigation was part of a Democratic-led effort to protect Mrs. Clinton and undermine Mr. Trump’s presidency.
Under the previous F.B.I. director, Mr. Comey, it was clear that Mr. McCabe was being groomed for the deputy job, the F.B.I.’s second highest position.
Republicans have also criticized the F.B.I. for recommending that Mrs. Clinton not be charged, (with criminal gross negligence of classified US documents).
Clinton handed over 30,000 emails to the State Department, of which 110 contained classified information at the time they either were sent or received, according to the FBI's findings. (33,000 emails were deleted, wiped clean by a bleachbit software program, and at least one cell phone was smashed with a hammer).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/taunted-by-trump-and-pressured-from-above-mccabe-steps-down-as-fbi-deputy/ar-BBIpCb6?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/hillary-clintons-infamous-email-server-6-things-you-need-to-know/