Posted on 12/05/2017 4:00:07 PM PST by blam
The Justice Department is in the process of handing over to the House Intelligence Committee the anti-Trump text messages that got a key FBI official removed from Robert Mueller's Russia probe, Fox News has learned -- a move that comes as the panel weighs a possible contempt resolution.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., had demanded the text messages between FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer with whom Strzok was romantically involved. Both were part of Mueller's Russia team at the time. Page has since returned to the FBI, and Strzok was reassigned to the FBI's HR department after the discovery of the anti-Trump texts.
The existence of the texts first emerged publicly over the weekend. A source familiar with the discussion between the DOJ and House panel told Fox News on Tuesday that Nunes has been assured those messages will be turned over in the coming days.
The exact timeline is unclear, and only the relevant texts will be turned over.
Also unclear is whether this will satisfy committee Republicans who had been looking to move forward with a contempt resolution against top DOJ and FBI officials barring a breakthrough – after the agencies did not comply with a deadline to hand over long-sought information that goes well beyond text messages.
Nunes originally had given the agencies until “close of business” on Monday to “fully” comply with the panel’s demands. Otherwise, he threatened to move a contempt of Congress resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
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It gets slimier by the hour....
Watching Braveheart last night. Trump needs to channel this man. Trump needs to govern old school for a while.
Trump should have played dirty from the beginning. That’s the only thing these pigs understand.
That needs to end and end today. Trump should fire ALL these punks in the upper ranks who support leftists who are anti-cop. This is disgusting beyond anything, it’s like having military leaders who support the enemy, it insults every last person out there on the street risking their lives, all those cops assassinated and these mofos, these scumrags have the GALL to support someone like Hillary? This is a woman who routinely verbally abuses cops and the secret service agents who protect her while she coddles those who call for the assassination of cops. You will not find ONE single photograph of Hillary posing with a cop, but here she is posing multiple times with the mother of an attempted cop killer.
Thanks for your information. I asked the question about President Bush hoping to get a knowledgeable answer. I know nothing of how he handled the FBI or CIA while in office. Just was hoping he put in some good, decent agents who might still be there.
Peter Stroke? It must be a joke name, like Sillius Soddus or Biggus Diccus...
He's filling out recusal forms as fast as he can!
PS Don't try filling out recusal forms where you work.
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