Posted on 08/13/2018 8:18:49 AM PDT by DCBryan1
The FBI has fired Agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until officials discovered he had been sending anti-Trump texts.
Aitan Goelman, Strzok’s lawyer, said FBI Deputy Director David L. Bowdich ordered the firing on Friday — even though the director of the FBI office that normally handles employee discipline had decided Strzok should face only a demotion and 60-day suspension. Goelman said the move undercuts the FBI’s repeated assurances that Strzok would be afforded the normal disciplinary process.
“This isn’t the normal process in any way more than name,” Goelman said.
The FBI declined to comment.
The termination marks a remarkable downfall for Strzok, a 22-year veteran of the bureau who investigated Russian spies, defense officials accused of selling secrets to China and myriad other important cases. In the twilight of his career, Strzok was integral to two of the bureau’s most high-profile investigations: the Russia case, and the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state.
But when a Justice Department inspector general investigation uncovered politically charged messages that Strzok had exchanged with another FBI official, he was relegated to a position in human resources. Conservatives soon made Strzok the face of their attacks against the special counsel investigation into the president’s campaign, and the FBI took steps to remove him from its ranks.
Strzok’s position in the bureau had been precarious since last summer, when Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz told Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III that the lead agent on his team had been exchanging anti-Trump messages with an FBI lawyer. The next day, Mueller expelled Strzok from the group.
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Strzok's lawyer Aitan Goelman confirmed the firing, which took place on Friday. He blasted the decision in a statement, saying the "Deputy Director of the FBI overruled the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and departed from established precedent by firing 21-year FBI veteran Peter Strzok."
"The decision to fire Special Agent Strzok is not only a departure from typical Bureau practice, but also contradicts Director Wray’s testimony to Congress and his assurances that the FBI intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters," Goelman said in a statement.
Call him to testify again before congress.
This time there wont be free FBI lawyers.
What the hell is “normal” about Peter Strzock??
His actions prove he is anything but ordinary.
With full retirement benefits probably. Next job, high paid security consultant in the private sector. He still has connections. And probably still has his security clearance.
It happened on Friday?
Wonder why the news was held back?
“FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts”
Wonder why the rush?
In Florida, we use Finger Mullet to catch large Snook or Tarpon.
No to pension...because he wasn’t eligible to retire...McCabe the same...GOOD!
Now jail their azzes...
Eh? Didn’t civil service rules protect him?
So I just reached out and kicked old green teeth right in the knee
Now he let out a yell that’d curl yer hair
But before he could move I grabbed me a chair
And said “Now watch him Folks cause he’s a thoroughly dangerous man!”
“You may not know it but this man is a spy.
He’s a undercover agent for the FBI
And he’s been sent down here to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan!”
He was still bent over holdin on to his knee
But everybody else was looking and listening to me
And I laid it on thicker and heavier as I went
I said, “Would you believe this man has gone as far
As tearing Wallace stickers off the bumpers of cars.
And he voted for George McGovern for President.”
“Well, he’s a friend of them long haired, hippy-type, pinko fags!
I betchya he’s even got a commie flag
tacked up on the wall inside of his garage.”
“He’s a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys.
He may look dumb but that’s just a disguise,
He’s a mastermind in the ways of espionage”
Spot on! Unless he is charged with his many crimes in the very near future, this is way too little and way too late. This guy has been laughing at POTUS, the US people, etc... He was given a job via nepotism and carried it thru to the extreme. It is Sedition and Treason. Nothing less!
He needs to be prosecuted.
Surprising that the firing took so long....
Peter Strzok obviously considered himself to be “untouchable”, but elite position only protects to a certain level, then it collapses altogether.
There should be a warning in there somewhere for those still remaining in The Swamp.
There must be a job opening for another political commentator at CNN.
Why isn’t this man in jail awaiting prosecution, USELESS ASS JEFF?!
That took way too long.
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