Aide defends Trump’s attacks on McCabe: Public deserves to know what happened in Clinton probe

White House aide Marc Short on Sunday defended President Trump’s attacks on FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, saying the American people deserve to understand his handling of the probe into Hillary Clinton’s emails. 

Short was responding to questions about a tweet from the president earlier Sunday in which Trump railed against McCabe’s handling of the Clinton probe, referring to him as “M.”

.@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

“I think the president believes the American people have a right to know what happened with that investigation,” Short told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

{mosads}”Terry McAuliffe, the governor of Virginia, is perhaps the Clintons’ closest political friend. He gave a $700,000 contribution to McCabe’s wife when she was running for office. At the same time, they were launching an investigation into Hillary Clinton. The American people have a right to know that,” he continued.

The president also took aim at McCabe on Saturday after reports said he plans to depart his FBI post in March, when he is eligible for full pension benefits.

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017

He had earlier suggested McCabe might have been compromised by political donations.

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?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017

McCabe has come under fire from Republicans for his handling of the Clinton probe, as well as the federal probe into Russia’s election meddling and alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow.

He spent hours behind closed doors last week on Capitol Hill being interviewed by members of three congressional committees probing Russia’s interference in the election and the FBI’s handling of federal probes.