The former top counterintelligence official at the FBI was found to have been exchanging anti-Trump text messages with a colleague while they both worked on probes of Trump and Clinton.
By Karoun Demirjian , Karoun Demirjian Congressional reporter focusing on national security Email Bio Follow Matt Zapotosky and Matt Zapotosky National security reporter covering the Justice Department Email Bio Follow Devlin Barrett Devlin Barrett Reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement Email Bio Follow March 14 at 12:08 PM The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday released the transcript from a closed-door interview with former FBI counterintelligence...
In some of the messages — such as a 2016 text in which Strzok characterizes the FBI’s Russia probe as an “insurance policy” in the event Trump won the election — Strzok said he had not meant to convey deep animus against Trump, but instead stress to Page that polls showing that Trump was not likely to win “should not get in the way of us doing our job responsibly to protect the national security.”
Strzok waged a similar defense during a contentious public hearing in July of last year. But his comment in the transcript of the closed-door interview are the most thorough to date explaining a text Strzok sent Page saying they could not take the “risk” of Trump getting elected. Earlier this month, Collins also released the transcript of the joint congressional panel’s August 2018 interview with Bruce Ohr. Collins said on the House floor Thursday that he intended to release additional transcripts from that GOP-led probe in the weeks ahead, in the name of transparency.
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