2/19/2019

ANDREW MCCABE/ELECTION/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday [2-19-19] that he never called Andrew McCabe’s wife a ‘loser,’ attempting to rebut the account of the former FBI deputy director, who said the president used the term to describe his wife over her failed campaign for Virginia’s state Legislature…McCabe, who worked for the FBI for 21 years, was fired last March for allegedly lying to investigators about his interactions with reporters. The former FBI deputy director, who is on a press tour to promote his new tell-all book about his time serving in Trump’s administration, said in an interview that aired Sunday [2-17-19] that Trump asked the then-acting FBI director about what it was like for his wife losing her state Senate race…Jill McCabe in 2015 ran for but did not win a state Senate seat in Virginia, accepting nearly $675,000 from the Virginia Democratic Party and groups connected to then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a close ally of Hillary Clinton.”

Rebecca Morin, “Trump: I never called McCabe’s wife a ‘loser’,” Politico, February 19, 2019 11:51 am