Case 1:19-Cv-02399 Document 1 Filed 08/08/19 Page 1 of 48
Case 1:19-cv-02399 Document 1 Filed 08/08/19 Page 1 of 48 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ANDREW G. MCCABE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) WILLIAM P. BARR, ) in his official capacity as ) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE ) UNITED STATES, ) U.S. Department of Justice ) 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ) Washington, DC 20530; ) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ) 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ) Civil Action No. 19-2399 Washington, DC 20530; ) ) CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY, ) in his official capacity as ) DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF ) INVESTIGATION, ) Federal Bureau of Investigation, ) 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ) Washington, DC 20535; and ) ) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ) 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ) Washington, DC 20535, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) COMPLAINT Case 1:19-cv-02399 Document 1 Filed 08/08/19 Page 2 of 48 Plaintiff Andrew G. McCabe, by and through his attorneys, hereby brings this Complaint against William P. Barr, acting in an official capacity as Attorney General of the United States; the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”); the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”); and Christopher A. Wray, acting in an official capacity as Director of the FBI. In support thereof, upon personal knowledge as well as information and belief, Plaintiff alleges the following: NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. Plaintiff is the former Deputy Director of the FBI and a career civil servant. He believes that the United States government remains “a government of laws, and not of men,” Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, 163 (1803), and has brought this case to remedy Defendants’ unlawful retaliation for his refusal to pledge allegiance to a single man.
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