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Top FBI official assigned to Mueller’s Russia probe said to have been removed
Washington Post ^ | 12/2/2017 | By Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett

Posted on 12/02/2017 11:07:58 AM PST by scooby321

The former top FBI official assigned to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this past summer after his bosses discovered he and another member of Mueller’s team had exchanged politically charged texts disparaging President Trump and supporting Hillary Clinton, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andrewmccabe; fbi; jamescomey; lisapage; mccabe; mueller; peterstrzok; robertmueller; strzok
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Peter Strzok, as deputy head of counterintelligence at the FBI, was a key player in the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server to do government work as secretary of state, as well as the probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.

During the Clinton investigation, Strzok was involved in a romantic relationship with FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who worked for Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, according to the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

1 posted on 12/02/2017 11:07:58 AM PST by scooby321
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Top FBI official assigned to Mueller’s Russia probe said to have been removed after sending anti-Trump texts

During the Clinton investigation, Strzok was involved in a romantic relationship with FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who worked for Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, according to the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

2 posted on 12/02/2017 11:09:01 AM PST by scooby321 (o even lower)
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Just the recognized tip of an emerging iceberg.

Who investigates the investigators to keep them honest?


3 posted on 12/02/2017 11:12:48 AM PST by fella ("As it wshas before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: scooby321

This is likely for show purposes only- in order to demonstrate that the altruistic Mueller is above partisanship. The fact that the Slimes and the Compost are breaking this story tells me all I need to know.


4 posted on 12/02/2017 11:13:22 AM PST by Garden Island
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Who investigates the investigators to keep them honest?

With the office of "special counsel," Congress stupidly created a Praetorian Guard and handed their own power to the deep-state.

5 posted on 12/02/2017 11:14:53 AM PST by PGR88
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So let me get this right Mueller’s key witness lied five times to the FBI. And his top FBI guy is having an affair with someone in Andrew McCabe’s office and they both can’t stand Trump and openly text about it.


6 posted on 12/02/2017 11:15:05 AM PST by magua
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Way back and July....Guess the Media missed it. :-)


7 posted on 12/02/2017 11:16:36 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Garden Island
Exactly.

I am reminded of the old joke regarding three envelopes. In this case envelope number one was opened at it read: "Fire a key aid so it looks like you are being objective"

8 posted on 12/02/2017 11:21:19 AM PST by Michael.SF. (Women who are 25 pounds overweight tend to live longer than the men who mention it.)
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To: scooby321

Pictures of both would be interesting


9 posted on 12/02/2017 11:24:40 AM PST by easternsky
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To: Garden Island

My thought exactly.


10 posted on 12/02/2017 11:25:33 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: scooby321

Same content 50 replies

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3609910/posts


11 posted on 12/02/2017 11:26:34 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Some of his associates are married to top NSA folks.


12 posted on 12/02/2017 11:32:31 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Pic is on other thread


13 posted on 12/02/2017 11:33:19 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Strzok is married with two children.


14 posted on 12/02/2017 11:34:40 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Strzok is was married with two children.

There, updated it...

15 posted on 12/02/2017 11:37:37 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: scooby321

Per CBS September 29 2017

Lisa Page, an attorney who was part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, has left, the special counsel’s office confirmed.

Page, who was an attorney with the FBI’s Office of the General Counsel, returned to the FBI in mid-July, special counsel spokesman Peter Carr confirmed to CBS News’ Andres Triay.

The news of Page’s depature was first reported by ABC News.

Page was one of nearly two dozen high-profile attorneys and investigators who Mueller assembled.

Prior to her position with the FBI, Page worked as a trial attorney in the Organized Crime and Gang Section of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Page has prosecuted a number cases involving eastern European organized crime. In one case, she partnered with an FBI task force in Budapest that investigated a money-laundering case against Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s one-time business partner, Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch.

Page is the second person to depart the team so far. Peter Strzok, who was chief of the FBI counterespionage unit that was involved in overseeing the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server last year, departed the team in August. It’s unclear why Strzok left.


16 posted on 12/02/2017 11:38:39 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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We need a special investigation


17 posted on 12/02/2017 11:40:09 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: scooby321

Always exceptions, but there was once a time when the FBI could be trusted.


18 posted on 12/02/2017 11:41:15 AM PST by onedoug
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To: tired&retired

Saw it Thanks


19 posted on 12/02/2017 11:43:39 AM PST by easternsky
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From Got News

Tamara Page the mother of top Justice Department anti-Trump Russia witch-hunting team trial attorney Lisa Page has promoted the lie that the FBI and its now fired director James Comey were working to elect President Donald J. Trump, spread statements by Hillary Clinton that President Trump is a “demagogue who is unqualified and unsuited,” and loved hearing that Comey and DOJ team leader Robert Mueller could “bring down the president,” according to a review of Tamara’s Facebook activity.

The Mueller special counsel team has come under fire for their far-left wing roots, and Lisa’s mother’s actions supporting the hysterical Democrat narrative of Republican collusion with Russia call into question yet another team member’s personal commitment to a fair inquiry.

Tamara boosted a Dec. 19th video of Bill Maher from ATTN: where the HBO host says:

“Shouldn’t Comey and the FBI be checking Putin instead of working to elect Donald Trump? If you can’t get behind opposing that, you are not a patriot and you are certainly not a good American.”


20 posted on 12/02/2017 11:44:18 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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