聯邦調查局哀歌
Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who has been a frequent target of the Trump administration for months, was fired 26 hours before his formal retirement.
美國聯邦調查局副局長麥凱比在正式退休前26小時突然遭到開除，過去幾個月來他一直是川普政府攻擊的對象。
deputy director副局長
On Friday, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced McCabe’s ouster from the FBI.
上週五美國司法部長賽申斯宣布開除麥凱比。
ouster(n.)罷黜;革職;罷免
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog said McCabe was not forthcoming with the office as it reviewed the bureau’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
司法部內部的監察委員會指出，麥凱比在委員會檢視FBI調查希拉蕊電郵門事件的過程時，並未主動透露正確訊息。
watchdog(n.)監督人、監察機構forthcoming(adj.)即將發生的、願意提供消息的frank(adj.)坦誠的=candid
Sessions said in a statement that investigators concluded that “Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions.”
賽申斯在一項聲明中指出，調查人員的結論是「麥凱比未經授權向新聞媒體透露消息，且即使發過誓，也屢次未據實以告」。
unauthorized(adj.)未經授權的disclosure(n.)透露、揭露leak(v.)外洩;洩漏candor(n.)坦承;坦白under oath已宣誓要講真話=on oath
But McCabe disputed the findings, saying the firing was part of a Trump administration “war” on the FBI.
但麥凱比駁斥調查結果，表示川普政府為「報復」FBI，而解僱他。
dispute(v.)反駁=argue about~
He had played a key role in the bureau’s investigations of Hillary Clinton and Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election.
他曾在FBI針對希拉蕊電郵門事件和俄國干預2016年美國總統選舉的調查中，扮演關鍵角色。
play a…role in…在…中，扮演…的角色interference(n.)干預;涉入
Meanwhile, Trump took to Twitter to declare McCabe’s dismissal a “great day for Democracy.”
同時，川普在推特發文，稱麥凱比被解僱是「民主勝利的一天」。
declare(v.)宣稱dismissal(n.)解僱
McCabe was scheduled to retire on March 18, his 50th birthday, after 21 years with the FBI.
麥凱比在FBI工作21年，原訂在3月18日，也是他50歲生日的那天退休。
be scheduled to RV預計…
He had resigned after being publicly attacked for months by Trump and other top administration officials.
他在被川普和政府高級官員連續攻擊數月後下台。
He had hoped to wait to leave until his retirement date, but now he may lose his federal pension as a result.
他原本希望在退休日到了才離職，但現在他可能因此失去聯邦政府的退休金。
federal(adj.)聯邦政府的pension(n.)退休金