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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s deputy director, whom US President Donald Trump accused of political bias, has resigned.<\/p>\n
Andrew McCabe was forced to step down ahead of his official retirement date in March, reports CBS News.<\/p>\n
His exit from the top law enforcement agency comes a week after a report that Mr Trump wanted him out.<\/p>\n
It was also reported last week that the president had asked Mr McCabe during an Oval Office meeting whom he voted for.<\/p>\n
Why is this significant?<\/h2>\n
Mr McCabe briefly became acting FBI director last May after Mr Trump fired its previous chief, James Comey.<\/p>\n
Mr Comey had been overseeing the bureau\u2019s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump eventually nominated Christopher Wray as the new FBI director, and he was confirmed by the Senate in August.<\/p>\n
Mr Wray recently threatened to resign after being pressured by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire Mr McCabe, Washington DC news outlet Axios reported last week.<\/p>\n
Mr McCabe, who was already expected to step down in early 2018 upon becoming eligible for his pension, is now on leave ahead of his official retirement date, CBS News reports.<\/p>\n
Why did Trump criticise McCabe?<\/h2>\n
The Republican president has previously criticised Mr McCabe because his wife, Dr Jill McCabe, ran as a Democrat for a Senate seat in Virginia.<\/p>\n
Her campaign received $675,000 in donations from the Virginia Democratic Party and a political funding committee aligned with Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump\u2019s 2016 election rival.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump has railed against Mr McCabe and his wife on Twitter, calling the FBI chief a \u201cComey friend\u201d.<\/p>\n
Last July he tweeted: \u201cProblem is that the acting head of the FBI & the person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from H for wife!\u201d<\/p>\n
The Washington Post reported last week that Mr McCabe was disturbed by a question he was asked by the president during a get-to-know-you Oval Office meeting.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump had reportedly asked Mr McCabe who he voted for in the 2016 US presidential election, according to current and former officials in the report.<\/p>\n
Mr McCabe said he told the president that he did not vote.<\/p>\n
The president has questioned how Mr McCabe could have led the FBI investigation into Mrs Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server when his wife received donations from \u201cClinton Puppets\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Republican-led congressional committees have launched inquiries into whether the FBI botched its Clinton investigation and showed favouritism towards her.<\/p>\n
Democrats have said those investigations are attempts to distract from US Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation into whether Mr Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russia.<\/p>\n
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