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ICYMI: The FBI Agent Who Led Clinton's Probe Just Got Pulled Off the Special
Townhall.com ^ | December 4, 2017 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 12/04/2017 11:15:20 AM PST by Kaslin

In case you missed it over the weekend, news broke that Special Counsel Robert Mueller removed an FBI agent from his investigation into the 2016 presidential election after the agent sent anti-Trump, pro-Hillary text messages to his girlfriend earlier this year.

The agent has been identified as Peter Strzok, one of the agency’s most experienced and trusted counterintelligence investigators, said the New York Times, which first reported the dismissal.

The allegations came to light after the Justice Department’s inspector general started examining Strzok's messages.

“Immediately upon learning of the allegations, the Special Counsel’s Office removed Peter Strzok from the investigation,” Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, confirmed to Fox News.

The messages were sent by Strzok, a married man, to FBI attorney Lisa Page. The two were having an affair.

Strzok also played a large roll in the FBI's criminal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was cleared in July 2016 of all potential charges after storing and transmitting top secret, classified information on her personal email server.

"There is evidence they [Clinton and staff] were extremely careless in their handling of classified information," FBI Director James Comey said at the time. "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before deciding whether to bring charges."

FBI Director Says No Charges For Hillary Clinton

Because of the clear political conflict, an inspector general investigation into Strzok's handling of the Clinton case has been opened.

Since Comey's July 2016 clearing of Clinton, it's become clear through a series of memos that he planned to exonerate Clinton months before the FBI investigation was complete and long before interviewing her -- the subject of the case.

In summary, Strzok was a main lead on the an investigation into Hillary Clinton, who he supported and Comey wrote her exoneration statement before all of the facts about the case were known.

Add former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe's connections to the Clintons through his wife's Virginia state senate campaign and one word comes to mind: dirty.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: andrewmccabe; clinton; corruption; fbi; hillaryrottenclinton; jamescomey; mccabe; pavlich; robertmueller; specialcouncil; strzok
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Counsel Investigation For Anti-Trump, Pro-Hillary Texts

1 posted on 12/04/2017 11:15:21 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

The article forgets to mention that is alleged extra-marital girlfriend is supposedly another FBI employee.


2 posted on 12/04/2017 11:18:04 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Kaslin

Meet Peter Strzok, swamp creature.


3 posted on 12/04/2017 11:19:00 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Kaslin

“The agent has been identified as Peter Strzok, one of the agency’s most experienced and trusted counterintelligence investigators, said the New York Times,”

This just confirms that Peter Strzok is a deep state creature.


4 posted on 12/04/2017 11:22:11 AM PST by Parley Baer
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Well, they found the one and only biased guy at the FBI... so now they're all fixed and we can completely trust that the FBI is now completely bias-free and honest.

/s

5 posted on 12/04/2017 11:23:57 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Kaslin
Strzok also played a large roll in the FBI's criminal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,

Yes, he played a large roll, rolling over the evidence and burying it from being seen. Dirty scumbag Hillary supporter burying evidence in the swamp.

6 posted on 12/04/2017 11:24:32 AM PST by roadcat
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Good one.


7 posted on 12/04/2017 11:27:11 AM PST by conservative98
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To: Kaslin

Why is Pavlich misleading people into thinking this happened this weekend? It happened months ago and is being made public this past weekend.


8 posted on 12/04/2017 11:28:05 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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“The messages were sent by Strzok, a married man, to FBI attorney Lisa Page. The two were having an affair.”

Hmmm...wonder what his wife is getting him for Christmas? Now that he’s lost his job and she truly knows about the mistress?

I’m betting she’s having him SERVED, LOL!

These people. I mean, seriously. If you’re sleazy and unethical, or a Democrat...but I repeat myself, you are that way in ALL aspects of your life.


9 posted on 12/04/2017 11:28:53 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Kaslin

It looks to me that the feebeye has been infiltrated by organized crime.


10 posted on 12/04/2017 11:31:14 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Jonny7797

Meat Peter Stroke?

Colonel Batguanno, it that is your real name!?


11 posted on 12/04/2017 11:32:09 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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The girlfriend is Lisa Page, FBI lawyer.

I think they were exposed in a wikileaks release many months ago. Since this could have been known for a long time some people are wondering if Strzok and Page were flipped by Trump’s leak hunters.

It’s impossible to know what you can take at face value.


12 posted on 12/04/2017 11:33:21 AM PST by Pelham (Rope. Tree. Journalist.)
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To: SERKIT

The girlfriend is Lisa Page, FBI lawyer.

I think they were exposed in a wikileaks release many months ago. Since this could have been known for a long time some people are wondering if Strzok and Page were flipped by Trump’s leak hunters.

It’s impossible to know what you can take at face value.


13 posted on 12/04/2017 11:33:22 AM PST by Pelham (Rope. Tree. Journalist.)
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To: Cementjungle

Trust the FBI!

Waco, Ruby Ridge, terrorist attacks they knew the participant all the time, Clinton’s lies and crimes passed over, etc, etc.

They are as trust worthy as the rest of the snakes in the swamp.


14 posted on 12/04/2017 11:33:45 AM PST by JayAr36 (Sliding into Socialism daily.)
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To: Kaslin

Like most of us knew, the fox was in.


15 posted on 12/04/2017 11:33:46 AM PST by Crucial
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To: Parley Baer

Check his socks!


16 posted on 12/04/2017 11:36:27 AM PST by Crucial
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To: jjotto

Why is Pavlich misleading people into thinking this happened this weekend? It happened months ago and is being made public this past weekend.

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Pavlich is usually better than this - the timing of Strzok being removed was back in August - Page left a couple of weeks later.

Per link http://heavy.com/news/2017/12/peter-strzok-lisa-page-fbi-trump-texts-affair/

In August, ABC News reported that Strzok was removed from the investigation. The news came one week after agents executed a search warrant on the Virginia home of Trump’s now-indicted former campaign manager Paul Manafort.

The reason he was taken off the probe was unknown at the time, as he was well-respected in the industry as a law enforcement officer working counterintelligence cases. He was deemed to be one of the top investigators in the probe. ABC News reported that Strzok was taken off the Russia investigation and was sent to work in the F.B.I.’s human resource office, deemed a demotion within the agency.

A little over one month after Strzok’s departure, ABC News reported that F.B.I. lawyer Lisa Page also left the special Russia investigation. Page was known by various reports as being deeply experienced in “money laundering and organized crime cases,” and was part of what Wired magazine referred to as his “investigator’s dream team.”

While the departure of the two officials was well reported, they weren’t ever linked until now. A spokesman for Mueller’s office told The Post that Strzok was removed from his position “immediately upon learning of the allegations.” He added that Page left the investigative team two weeks prior to learning of the allegations.


17 posted on 12/04/2017 11:37:08 AM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: Kaslin

Drain the SEWER!


18 posted on 12/04/2017 11:40:59 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Jonny7797

“Meet Peter Strzok, swamp creature.”

Strokeit Peter. Name theory.


19 posted on 12/04/2017 11:43:11 AM PST by Bonemaker (White Southerners have been under attack since 1860.)
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To: Kaslin

He worked for Andrew McCabe who is still there.


20 posted on 12/04/2017 11:44:51 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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