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Text messages between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page debating how much information to share with the Justice Department about a London meeting -- days after the bureau opened its initial Russia investigation -- are drawing fresh scrutiny as alleged surveillance abuse and the probe’s origins are investigated by three separate probes, Fox News has learned. On Aug. 3, 2016, Strzok wrote, "I think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to DOJ. For example, the last stipulation notes we will not disclose [the] identifies outside the FBI. I think you might argue the unauthorized...

The longtime head of public affairs at the FBI -- who was a confidant of former director James Comey -- is planning to retire, Fox News has learned. A notice went out this week for a retirement get-together for Michael Kortan scheduled for Feb. 15. Since 2009, Kortan has served as assistant director for public affairs, an influential job that controlled media access. He also served under former director Robert Mueller, now leading the Russia probe. The FBI confirmed to Fox News that Kortan is retiring. It's unclear whether the retirement was long-planned or in any way precipitated by recent...

The television show Trisha was branded "an appalling example of popular culture" yesterday after the conviction of a teenager for assault during a recording. Anthony Sampson, 19, punched his girlfriend's father in the head after the ITV show - which revels in the sort of personal confrontations pioneered in America by Jerry Springer - revealed DNA tests which showed he was not the father of a baby he thought was his own. Simon Nicholls, who defended Sampson at Norwich magistrates, condemned the daytime show, which is presented by Trisha Goddard. "This young man spent four months believing he was the...