Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE hit departing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for going on leave ahead of his retirement in March, saying the move means “the American tax payer is stuck paying him for the rest of his life.”

“So they will keep him on till then despite all this to make sure the American tax payer is stuck paying him for the rest of his life?” Trump Jr. tweeted Monday.

So they will keep him on till then despite all this to make sure the American tax payer is stuck paying him for the rest of his life? https://t.co/5MVh9xAUxR — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 29, 2018

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Multiple news outlets reported earlier Monday that McCabe would be stepping down as deputy director, more than a month earlier than expected.

CBS News reported that McCabe was using built-up vacation time to go on leave until he’s eligible to retire with pension benefits in March.

McCabe’s departure comes amid claims by some Republicans of an anti-Trump bias at the FBI.

Trump has also attacked McCabe on Twitter, and The Washington Post reported earlier this month that Trump had asked the then-acting FBI director whom he voted for in 2016.

The news also comes as the House Intelligence Committee is expected to vote as soon as Monday on releasing a classified memo by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes Devin Gerald NunesSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Sunday shows preview: With less than two months to go, race for the White House heats up Sunday shows preview: Republicans gear up for national convention, USPS debate continues in Washington MORE (R-Calif.).

The memo is said to allege that the Department of Justice abused a surveillance program, and is reported to mention McCabe by name.