I would be disturbed if McCabe’s lawyers and advisors don’t already know what follows (which I first posted as a comment but feel could get wider readership as a diary). I was a bit surprised to learn that Probation Officers (and a few others) working for the U.S. Courts ARE considered law enforcement officers (LEO) eligible for retirement at minumum age of 50 with 20 years or more service in a LEO billet. Note that the U.S. Courts are in the JUDICIAL branch, a co-equal and separate entity in the Constitution and their hiring policies and procedures are NOT controlled (nor controllable) by the executive branch. I doubt McCabe could get past a suitability screening for a US Court billet if he had been charged/convicted of an actual crime, but the Judicial Branch should have autonomy to make their own suitability decision about a dismissal over a policy issue. If McCabe landed a Probation Officer job under the US Courts, he could work a few pay periods then retire. I’m sure there are an abundance of Trump detractors in the Judicial branch who would be amenable, maybe delighted, to take on McCabe, especially if he agreed to work for say a couple of years. Better yet, an attempt by Trump and company to interfere in a Judicial Branch hiring action would essentially become a constitutional separation of powers dispute with a branch that has judges who can issue show cause orders and contemp citations. I’m not sure McCabe getting hired as a Congressional staffer, by itself, will turn the magic trick for his retirement eligibility. Staffers are NOT LEO billets eligible for the earlier retirement. The legislative branch DOES have official LEO billets in the Capitol Police but more notably investigator billets in the Government Accountability Office that spend most of their time investigating Executive Branch agencies. If McCabe was working as a Congressional staffer, he might have an easier time sliding into a GAO billet covered by LEO rules, especially if the Dems retake the House or Senate.