Andrew McCabe Tells Colbert Trumpworld Covering Up Russia Contacts ‘More Suspicious Every Day’

Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told Stephen Colbert that his suspicions of Donald Trump and his associates has only deepened in the two years since Trump took office.

On Tuesday night’s edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, McCabe sat for another interview to promote his new book. The subject naturally turned to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

“Let’s get to the Mueller probe for just a moment here,” Colbert said. “Is there anything in the last two years that makes you lesless suspicious of the president, or less indicative that he had improper relationships with the Russians, possible collusion or conspiracy?”

“No,” McCabe deadpanned, to laughter from the audience. Then, he joked “Did I answer too quickly?”

“It does seem odd it might be just sort of useful for him to say or do anything that Putin wouldn’t like, just to sort of take of heat off of him, make him seem less suspicious, but he won’t do that,” Colbert observed.

“That’s definitely true.,” McCabe said. “And I think… in addition to that, as a result of the work that the Mueller team has done and what we know of that work from what’s been disclosed to the public, I mean, you have an incredible number of people in the campaign, close to the president, who had numerous contacts with Russians, people connected to Russian intelligence. And now we have many of those same people who actively tried to cover up those contacts. I mean, it’s — it all seems to get more suspicious every day.”

Watch the clip above, via CBS.

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