President Trump lashed out at top FBI officials on Saturday, his latest in a stream of criticism of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency that has reportedly diminished morale among its agents and employees.
Trump swiped at multiple agency officials in a string of tweets Saturday afternoon, suggesting that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have been compromised by political donations and ripping former FBI Director James Comey as a leaker.
“How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?” Trump wrote on Twitter.
That was followed minutes later by a comment on reports that McCabe is looking to retire from the bureau in the coming months, as the No. 2 FBI official faces heated criticism from Republican lawmakers and the president himself.
Trump pointedly noted that McCabe may seek retirement in March, when he would receive his full pension benefits. Trump wrote that the deputy bureau chief was “racing the clock to retire with full benefits,” adding, “90 days to go?!!!”
The Washington Post reported on McCabe’s expected retirement earlier Saturday.
Capping off the flurry of tweets was a reference to reports that James Baker, the FBI’s top lawyer, had been reassigned. Trump reacted to that development with a simple “Wow” on Twitter, though news of Baker’s reassignment had surfaced days earlier.
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Trump steps up attacks on his own FBI https://t.co/ehxLkq1ygU pic.twitter.com/9ANj63RWTk
— The Hill (@thehill) December 24, 2017
.@FoxNews-FBI’s Andrew McCabe, “in addition to his wife getting all of this money from M (Clinton Puppet), he was using, allegedly, his FBI Official Email Account to promote her campaign. You obviously cannot do this. These were the people who were investigating Hillary Clinton.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2017
Actual FAKE NEWS Loop in action: Kremlin lies ===> Kook Right bloggers ===> Fox News ===> POTUS tweets. https://t.co/QIMatNWLSA
— John Schindler (@20committee) December 24, 2017
Well, he was presidential for a half minute last week. Time to revert back to the reality tv presidency. Gotta keep his fans entertained.
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