Andrew G. McCabe

Some Lesser Known Facts About Andrew G. McCabe

• Does Andrew G. McCabe smoke:? Not Known

• Does Andrew G. McCabe drink alcohol:? Not Known

• During his Law studies, McCabe interned in the criminal division of the US Department of Justice.

• During his college days, he used to spend a lot of time reading agent reports.

• Before joining the FBI in 1996, he spent 3 years in a private law practice.

• In 1996, he joined FBI as a special agent.

• He started his FBI career in the New York Field Office, where his primary focus was on organized crime.

• Later, he held management positions in the National Security Branch, FBI Counterterrorism Division and the FBI’s Washington Field Office.

• In 2003, McCabe was appointed a supervisory special agent on the Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force.

• In 2006, he became the Unit Chief of FBI Headquarters.

• Later, he was moved into the assistant section chief for International Terrorism Operations Section I that oversees the counterterrorism investigations of the FBI.

• In 2008, he was given the charge of the Washington field office’s counterterrorism division.

• In 2009, he became the first director of the High-Value Interrogation Group, which was a team set up by Barack Obama (the then US President).

• According to the Los Angeles Times, helped build cases against Russian mobsters, while in the FBI’s New York Office.

• McCabe is considered a “Methodical Investigator” (who earns the trust of victims, particularly, witnesses and informants).

• His wife, Dr. Jill McCabe, is a pediatrician at the Inova Loudon Hospital in Virginia.

• On 9 January 2016, James Comey (the then FBI Director) appointed McCabe as Deputy Director of the FBI.

• He became Acting Director of the FBI on 9 May 2017, after President Donald Trump fired James Comey as Director of the FBI.