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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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To: Kaslin

Was strzok the fbi official leading the “we F’r Flynn & we’re gonna F trump next” yell in the office?

Or was it mccabe?

Or both?


21 posted on 12/04/2017 11:48:13 AM PST by thinden
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Now that he’s lost his job....

Nope. Still on the FBI payroll assigned to HR.

22 posted on 12/04/2017 11:48:34 AM PST by kabar
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To: bmwcyle

Strzok is still there (FBI) as well.


23 posted on 12/04/2017 11:49:51 AM PST by kabar
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To: Kaslin

Another straight shooter.


24 posted on 12/04/2017 11:50:39 AM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: SERKIT
The article forgets to mention that is alleged extra-marital girlfriend is supposedly another FBI employee.

Gee, no blackmail and/or national security risk issues there, eh?

Good. Frickin'. Gad.

25 posted on 12/04/2017 11:52:23 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Strzok’s wife is Mellisa hodghan who was just promoted to asst director at the SEC in oct 2016.


26 posted on 12/04/2017 11:57:04 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Oldexpat

Nothing like having your husband make you look like a fool, Eh?


27 posted on 12/04/2017 12:02:41 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: SERKIT

She’s an FBI layer who apparently worked for Andrew McCabe at one point..


28 posted on 12/04/2017 12:05:27 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: jjotto

What happened this weekend was that Strzok’s relationship with FBI lawyer Lisa Page was exposed. Up until now no one knew there was such a connection between the two.


29 posted on 12/04/2017 12:07:45 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Kaslin

Agent Strzok committed an unforgivable offense that led to his termination on the Special Counsel’s task force.

He gave President Trump and Trump supporters documented factual proof of anti-Trump bias on the part of the task force staff.

It is okay to be crooked in pursuit of leftist objectives.
It is not okay to get caught and outed doing it.


30 posted on 12/04/2017 12:22:48 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
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To: Kaslin

In saner times a married FBI agent having an affair would bring his Security Clearance into question and he’d likely get booted from the bureau.


31 posted on 12/04/2017 12:24:00 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kaslin

Maybe I missed it, but care to take a guess who was one of two FBI agents who interviewed Flynn (as is being reported by Sara Carter)?


32 posted on 12/04/2017 12:28:15 PM PST by Rational Thought
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To: Kaslin

A den of Girl Scouts or a pack of llamas
would do a better job of focusing on crime
than the stupid FBI.

Russian collusion?
HOW ABOUT THE MURDERS OF SETH RICH,
DOZENS OF WITNESSES,
AND A SUPREME CT JUSTICE.


33 posted on 12/04/2017 12:40:12 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: roadcat
The FBI can't open i-phones but is adept at `cleaning'. Image and video hosting by TinyPic "Do you like oak?" The Cleaner
34 posted on 12/04/2017 12:56:08 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: jjotto

What happened month ago, and where was it reported?


35 posted on 12/04/2017 2:35:07 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: SERKIT
The article forgets to mention that is alleged extra-marital girlfriend is supposedly another FBI employee.

If you had read a little closer you would not have missed this part

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

36 posted on 12/04/2017 2:45:34 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

I know you meant “meet”, but your spell checker did not catch it because “meat” and “meet” are actual words.


37 posted on 12/04/2017 2:53:28 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yeah but obviously these are not sane times, thanks to that arrogant pos former occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.


38 posted on 12/04/2017 3:00:25 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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To: Kaslin

I wonder if he’s related to Dick Houlder ?


39 posted on 12/04/2017 3:12:13 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: HighSierra5

He must be, who knows?


40 posted on 12/04/2017 3:23:37 PM PST by Kaslin (Quid est Veritas?: What Is Truth?)
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