President Trump on Wednesday called fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe “a poor man’s J. Edgar Hoover,” returning fire against McCabe’s assertion that it’s “possible” Trump is a Russian agent.

“I think Andrew McCabe has made a fool out of himself over the last couple of days.” Trump said, before invoking Hoover, the decadeslong FBI director.

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