The 5-Minute Fix: Why you should care about an FBI shake-up
By Amber Phillips The No. 2 at the FBI is, for all intents and purposes, out of a job. News broke Monday that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is rather abruptly stepping down. Then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on Capitol Hill in June 2017. (Alex Brandon/AP) We knew for a few months that McCabe was going to leave, but this confirms he's leaving as quickly as he can. In the Trump era, the comings and goings of top FBI officials are extremely newsworthy for two reasons: The FBI started the investigation that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is now leading into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. Trump and his allies have made McCabe Exhibit A in what they allege is anti-Trump Democratic bias in the FBI. McCabe in particular has taken a lot of heat because: * McCabe was part of the FBI when it started investigating Trump in 2016. * His wife ran as a Democrat in a Virginia state race and accepted donations from Hill...