President Donald Trump reacted Friday to the release of an Justice Department inspector general report finding former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe guilty of a lack of candor.
DOJ just issued the McCabe report – which is a total disaster. He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey – McCabe is Comey!! No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2018
The report concluded that “then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe lacked candor, including under oath, on multiple occasions in connection with describing his role in connection with a disclosure to the WSJ.”
DOJ IG on McCabe: “The OIG found that then-Deputy Director Andrew
McCabe lacked candor, including under oath, on multiple occasions in connectionwith describing his role in connection with a disclosure to the WSJ pic.twitter.com/wgRYvt3y2J— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) April 13, 2018
Trump also took the opportunity to go after former FBI director James Comey, who is in the midst of a media blitz maligning the president and his character. Trump previously attacked Comey Friday morning saying:
James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR. Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH. He is a weak and…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2018
….untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI. His handling of the Crooked Hillary Clinton case, and the events surrounding it, will go down as one of the worst “botch jobs” of history. It was my great honor to fire James Comey!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2018