“I think Andrew McCabe has made a fool out of himself over the last couple of days,” Trump told reporters Wednesday. “The Mueller investigation is totally conflicted, illegal and rigged!” Trump tweeted on Sunday. McCabe has alleged that his firing was politically motivated — retaliation, he claims, for his opening the case against Trump. McCabe’s book, which describes Trump as a threat to democracy, is the latest insider account to draw angry tweets from the president. By tweeting and talking about McCabe, Trump is amplifying the book’s message, Heye said.

Source: Washington Post February 21, 2019 00:33 UTC