Posted on 08/16/2017 4:08:11 PM PDT by ckilmer
UH-OH! Top FBI Investigator Quits Special Counsel Mueller’s Russia Investigation
Joshua Caplan Aug 16th, 2017 1:53 pm 61 Comments
Top FBI investigator Peter Strzok has quit special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
ABC News reports:
One of the FBI‘s top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election, has left Mueller’s team, sources tell ABC News.
The recent departure of FBI veteran Peter Strzok is the first known hitch in a secretive probe that by all public accounts is charging full-steam ahead. Just last week, news surfaced that Mueller’s team had executed a search warrant at the Virginia home of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. And the week before that ABC News confirmed Mueller is now using a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., to collect documents and other evidence.
It’s unclear why Strzok stepped away from Mueller’s team of nearly two dozen lawyers, investigators and administrative staff. Strzok, who has spent much of his law enforcement career working counterintelligence cases and has been unanimously praised by government officials who spoke with ABC News, is now working for the FBI’s human resources division.
He is no stranger to complex and controversial investigations.
As chief of the FBI’s counterespionage section last year, he helped oversee the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, and he took part in the FBI interview of the Democratic presidential candidate.
Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is reportedly entering a new phase, with the Special Counsel now looking to interview White House officials.
New York Times reports:
In a sign that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will remain a continuing distraction for the White House, the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, is in talks with the West Wing about interviewing current and former senior administration officials, including the recently ousted White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, according to three people briefed on the discussions.
Mr. Mueller has asked the White House about specific meetings, who attended them and whether there are any notes, transcripts or documents about them, two of the people said. Among the matters Mr. Mueller wants to ask the officials about is President Trump’s decision in May to fire the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, the two people said.
That line of questioning will be important as Mr. Mueller continues to investigate whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice in the dismissal of Mr. Comey.
No interviews have been scheduled, but in recent weeks Mr. Mueller’s investigation has appeared to intensify. Late last month, he took the aggressive step of executing a search warrant at the home of Paul J. Manafort, Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, in Alexandria, Va. Legal experts say Mr. Mueller may be trying to put pressure on Mr. Manafort to cooperate with the investigation.
The bolshevik media pushed the Leftist bolshevic meme of Russia, Russia, Russia, so we would take that rabbit trail and divert from the FACT that the media is the bolshevik mouth piece.
They are not interested in truth or reality, and dedicated from birth to sell the bolshevik lie to the rubes.
I guess in an attempt to affect the mid-term elections. They need the R’s out and the Democrats in, enough to get their impeachment on the road.
I agree. They tried this and it morphed into Deplorables.
Plus he has cut off all of the Rubio, Romney, Kasich type Cucks... I mean none of them can possibly ever approach his popularity. Russia was doomed to fail. Lefties will screw up. Just last night with the kid at the Lee Statue in Charlottesville. The look on the police officer was a death stare and that stupid bitch kept running her mouth. They can’t help pissing cops off. People watch this.
holder lynch comey mueller mc cabe ....... obama/clinton scumbags
I think it means this FBI agent could find no there there. So he quit.
Just don’t try to trick him with beef jerky!!
Don’t drive and read about Bob Mueller!!!
His parents are white too.
Somebody with integrity refusing to take part in a witch hunt? - nahhhh........
As chief of the FBI’s counterespionage section last year, he helped oversee the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, and he took part in the FBI interview of the Democratic presidential candidate.
Rice, and the rest of the unmaskers need to go to jail, and Barry needs the fear of God put into him. This might make the RATs think twice about their hate rhetoric, civil unrest agenda.
I wonder what will come out of this now.
Not me.
cia agitprop
Me too. Now my tapeworm is in the 12 Step program!
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