The Justice Department’s inspector general referred its finding that ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe repeatedly misled investigators who were scrutinizing leaks to the media to the US Attorney’s office in Washington, arguing that he should be prosecuted, multiple reports said Thursday.

The criminal referral was made after the inspector general determined that McCabe lied to investigators or then-FBI Director James Comey four times, three of them while under oath, The Washington Post reported.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the federal prosecutors believe criminal charges are warranted, and a referral to the feds does not in and of itself mean McCabe will be charged with a crime, the paper reported.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz last week sent Congress a report slamming McCabe, saying he wrongly OK’d the revelation of sensitive information to the media, then lied to investigators about his actions.

President Trump gleefully took to Twitter to attack McCabe, calling the report vindication of his criticisms of the Justice Department and FBI.

“DOJ just issued the McCabe report — which is a total disaster. He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey — McCabe is Comey!! No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!” the commander-in-chief wrote.

McCabe denied any wrongdoing — but Comey in a TV appearance on Wednesday said McCabe had not told the truth.

“I still believe Andrew McCabe is a good person, but the inspector general found that he lied, and there’s severe consequences in the Justice Department for lying — as there should be throughout the government,” he said on “The View,” adding that he personally ordered the probe into his deputy.

Lying to the feds is a crime punishable by up to five years behind bars.

The IG’s report said that one of McCabe’s lies “was done knowingly and intentionally.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe in March — just days before McCabe could retire with his full federal pension.

McCabe raised more than $500,000 for a legal-defense fund through a GoFundMe page.

The leak McCabe was accused of approving was in October 2016 at about the same time Comey announced the FBI was resuming its probe of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.

The Wall Street Journal was working on a story on the FBI’s handling of that case as well as a probe into the Clinton Foundation.

The deputy director believed the story would make the FBI look bad, so he authorized two other FBI agents to give the paper his version of events, including that he argued against shutting down the Clinton probes because the election was near.

This report originally appeared on NYPost.com.