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.
It happened on Friday?
Wonder why the news was held back?
That the OPR would even try to protect a thoroughly corrupt agent like Strzok just shows that the entire DOJ and FBI bureaucracy needs to be thoroughly cleaned out.
These agencies are a complete joke. But a dangerous joke. Like the DOJ ethics office which insisted that Sessions recuse himself in advance to protect a phony investigation of Trump, but can find no conflict of interest in Rosenstein or Mueller.
Shameful of the FBI OPR. That office needs a full cleansing. Behavior like that is unprofessional and against policy; easily within the confines of being fire able offense.