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Trump ratchets up feud with FBI | TheHill

posted onDecember 24, 2017
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Article snippet: MORE 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 MORE as a leaker. "How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony MORE (R-Okla.) on Saturday tweeted a message of praise for the agency and the intelligence community, after federal law enforcement agents reportedly thwarted a would-be terrorist attack in San Francisco. "The thwarted ISIS-inspired attack on San Francisco's Pier 39 is yet another example of the amazing work that the @FBI & intel community do every day," Lankford tweeted. Trump's comments Saturday were his latest criticism of the FBI, which he has long accused of mishandling an investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as well as a probe into allegations that his campaign conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election. The tweets Saturday from Trump, who has repeatedly jabbed at McCabe by citing his wife's ties to prominent Democrats, came after the FBI deputy testified for hours behind closed doors on Capitol Hill this week, fielding questions from lawmakers on three c... Link to the full article to read more

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