This may be a simple misunderstanding. Security clearances come in several flavors. There may be, say Top Secret, Secret and Confidential. He may have lost his TS but still have a lower clearance. In which case, they are both correct.
Now, the man is stressed and embarrassed. He isn’t going to clarify something if it makes him look bad whereas letting people assume something that is not true, or no longer true, makes him feel less embarrassed.
I’ve heard that explanation but Strzok was reported to have been “escorted from the building” and he no longer had a security clearance.
Something doesn’t add up.
Maybe Strzok is mental?
If you lose a security clearance due to adverse information or misdeeds, you lose all access, regardless of type of investigation. It’s a binary condition, YES or NO.
A person’s level of access will change with changes in assignment, without any adverse information.
Strzok’s assignment may have changed. I think he has demonstrated huge reliability and honesty problems.
He may have retained only a generic Top Secret, without access to compartmented information, or access to certain levels of briefings or building space. Even at the Department of State a TS is a requirement to be hired; and when your spouse gets a job another TS is granted. A TS at State is like a Secret clearance for a Sergeant or 2LT in the Army. State’s TS clearances have 5 levels prominently displayed on your ID Badge to show your access.... Glad I’m done!
I think I heard that both page and strzok got their sec. clearance back for the hearings. So they could review the papers. Files. For testimony.