‘He’s scared out of his mind’: Ex-official nails Trump over blaming FBI for shooting to deflect from Russia probe

Appearing on AM Joy, former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi harshly criticized Donald Trump for attacking the FBI over the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, in an attempt to deflect attention away from Friday's bombshell indictments of 13 Russians accused of meddling in the election that put Trump in the White House.

During a panel discussion, Figliuzzi was asked about a Sunday morning tweet from the president which implied that the FBI “missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter” because “[t]hey are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.”

"Frank, I'll go to your reaction to the President of the United States blaming the FBI, in essence, for the massacre at Parkland," host Joy Reid prompted.

The former FBI official appeared furious at the suggestion.

"Joy, let's distill down what that late night tweet really says after some cheeseburger induced coma after 11:00PM last night," Figliuzzi explained. "The president puts this squarely on FBI. Here's what he's telling parents of America, 'hey, our gun violence problem would go away if the FBI would just leave me alone.' That is what he's saying."

"He's saying the FBI is spending too much time on the Russian threat while he is spending zero time addressing the gun violence threat," he continued. "He's choosing to ignore what the FBI actually does for a living. He's choosing to ignore the fact that the local police visited this guy 39 times in response to 911 calls. Social services for the county had to do an assessment of this. Everyone in the school saw the warning signs and indicators, yet he decides not to address the mental health issues, not to propose solutions on making it easier to deny an assault weapon purchase because you have mental health issues."

"Instead he 's defending himself from the FBI," the disgusted FBI man stated. "Why? He's read the 32-page indictment Mueller issued on Friday and he knows there's electronic intercepts of Russian officials. He's scared out of his mind and playing with the parents of America this morning."

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