'Sad': Former FBI deputy director shows how departing Trump pick 'terrified' his employees

A former FBI leader trashed his successor Dan Bongino as he prepares to depart his post after less than a year on the job.

Andrew McCabe, who served in that role for nearly two years at the start of President Donald Trump's first term, told "CNN This Morning" that Bongino's complaints months ago about the tediousness of his job demonstrated how poorly suited he was for a leadership post in the federal law enforcement agency.

"This surprises absolutely no one, principally because of comments like that," McCabe said, "and I would also add the absence of other comments that you would have expected all along from a deputy director, which is the incredible privilege of being able to work at the absolute pinnacle of the world's premier law enforcement agency, working with the greatest employees on earth."

"You know, I thought it was sad that in some of the comments I saw him release, or at least one of the comments he released last night about it on on social media, he never even referenced the employees," McCabe added. "So I think it's it's the expected end of a of a period where that seat was filled by a guy who was unprepared for it and fundamentally unqualified for it. So I think at the end of the day, it's probably a good thing for both Mr. Bongino and the FBI that he moves along."

McCabe told host Audie Cornish that FBI Director Kash Patel was just as unsuited for his role.

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