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Michael Bromwich, the lawyer representing fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe,  responded to President Trump's morning tweets about his client and the FBI, insinuating that Trump's intervention had politicized the process behind McCabe's dismissal:

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McCabe lawyer: Trump tweets confirm firing was "illegitimate"

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<p>Michael Bromwich, the lawyer representing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/source-mccabe-gave-memos-interview-to-mueller-2c378d87-d76c-436c-8499-a628da414a4e.html" data-vars-content-id="1af20332-39ba-4cf6-9622-b288b94787d3" data-vars-headline="McCabe lawyer: Trump tweets confirm firing was &quot;illegitimate&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/source-mccabe-gave-memos-interview-to-mueller-2c378d87-d76c-436c-8499-a628da414a4e.html" target="_self">fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe</a>,  responded to President Trump&#x27;s morning tweets about his client and the FBI, insinuating that Trump&#x27;s intervention had politicized the process behind McCabe&#x27;s dismissal:</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://twitter.com/mrbromwich/status/975420512720637953"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="President Trump&#x27;s tweetstorm against the FBI and Mueller" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/trump-comey-lying-under-oath-senate-fox-friends-74508021-79d6-4cf9-9e13-2918fdc81bbc.html?source=sidebar" data-vars-content-id="1af20332-39ba-4cf6-9622-b288b94787d3" data-vars-headline="McCabe lawyer: Trump tweets confirm firing was &quot;illegitimate&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/trump-comey-lying-under-oath-senate-fox-friends-74508021-79d6-4cf9-9e13-2918fdc81bbc.html?source=sidebar" target="_self">President Trump&#x27;s tweetstorm against the FBI and Mueller</a>.</p><p><em><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Sign up for Axios newsletters" data-vars-click-url="http://link.axios.com/join/signup-all?utm_source=ts" data-vars-content-id="1af20332-39ba-4cf6-9622-b288b94787d3" data-vars-headline="McCabe lawyer: Trump tweets confirm firing was &quot;illegitimate&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://link.axios.com/join/signup-all?utm_source=ts" target="_blank">Sign up for Axios newsletters</a> to get our smart brevity delivered to your inbox every morning. </em></p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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