Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe called on the Justice Department to make public special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report but said some classified materials and investigative methods need to be protected.

"I would like to see that report turned over in its broadest and most robust sense — first and foremost to the Hill — so elected representatives can consider it for their oversight purposes, and finally, to be shared with the American public in the broadest way they can," McCabe told Bloomberg TV on Monday.

McCabe joins many Democrats, and some Republicans, saying they want the public to see the report. The former FBI official has been criticized by President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers as biased against the president, an assertion he has denied.