Read the rabid anti-Trump texts from demoted FBI agent Peter Strzok
Read the rabid anti-Trump texts from demoted FBI agent Peter Strzok
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Anti-Trump texts from demoted FBI official Peter Strzok were obtained by the media and published Tuesday providing evidence for the speculation that the FBI was plagued by biased agents. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
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Thousands of text messages from FBI official Peter Strzok were obtained and published by the news media Tuesday. Many displayed the anti-Trump bias that led to Strzok’s demotion from the Mueller investigation into Russian election interference and alleged collusion.
What did the texts say?
The texts include epithet-laden insults and angry observations about Trump and his voters. Shannon Bream of Fox News posted many examples on her Twitter account:
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts obtained by Fox's @JakeBGibson - POTUS called a "loathsome human being" "an idiot" "awful"
8:31 PM - Dec 12, 2017
The texts are often from conversations between Strzok and Lisa Page, another FBI official who worked on the Mueller investigations.
In one example, Page texts, “He’s awful,” apparently in reference to Trump.
Strzok responds, “America will get what the voting public deserves.”
Page replies, “That’s what I’m afraid of.”
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts - obtained by Fox's @JakeBGibson - re candidate Trump - "LP: He’s awful
PS: America will get what the voting public deserves. LP: That’s what I’m afraid of."
8:36 PM - Dec 12, 2017
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts obtained by @JakeBGibson - "PS: God Hillary should win. 100,000,000-0. LP: I know"
8:33 PM - Dec 12, 2017
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts obtained by Fox's @JakeBGibson "LP – I can not believe Donald Trump is likely to be an actual, serious candidate for president."
8:51 PM - Dec 12, 2017
One text appears to suggest that Strzok was in a position at the FBI to counteract Trump’s agenda.
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts
LP – And maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace. (links to NYT article)
PS – ... I can protect our country at many levels, not sure if that helps
9:04 PM - Dec 12, 2017
Others simply ridiculed Trump and his supporters:
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page
PS – And are you kidding me? Duck Dynasty now Scot Baio? Ridiculous
LP – Wait, is that who is speaking at the convention?!...
LP – Charles in Charge?! That’s the best they can do? Lmfao
PS – It’s PATHETIC!
LT – That unbelievable. My god. Thank god it’s on.
9:05 PM - Dec 12, 2017
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts obtained by Fox's @JakeBGibson re: Trump campaign July 2016
"LP – God, it’s just a two-bit organization. I do so hope his disorganization comes to bite him hard in November.
PS – It HAS to, right? Right?!? Panicked"
9:18 PM - Dec 12, 2017
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts obtained by Fox's @JakeBGibson - August 2016
"PS – Just went to a southern Virginia Walmart. I could SMELL the Trump support…
LP – Yep. Out to lunch with (redacted) We both hate everyone and everything."
9:34 PM - Dec 12, 2017
Shannon Bream
✔@ShannonBream
Strzok/Page texts 10/20/16
PS - I am riled up. Trump is a f*cking idiot, is unable to provide a coherent answer.
PS - I CAN'T PULL AWAY, WHAT THE F*CK HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY (redacted)??!?!
LP - I don't know. But we'll get it back. ...
10:16 PM - Dec 12, 2017
The texts were published in time for Deputy District Attorney Rosenstein’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, where he is certain to be asked to explain the significance of the texts.
Allies of the president have suggested that reports such as these point to a bias in the FBI against Trump and his political agenda.
On Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded that Attorney General Jeff Sessions appoint a second special counsel to investigate the claims or step down from his office.
What was the response?
President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. responded to the CBS report from his Twitter account, saying, “You forgot to put quotes around “impartiality” because there is literally nothing impartial about him. The Salem Witch trials were less biased.”
Donald Trump Jr.
✔@DonaldJTrumpJr
You forgot to put quotes around “impartiality” because there is literally nothing impartial about him. The Salem Witch trials were less biased. #witchhunt
https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/940772980690444288 …
8:47 PM - Dec 12, 2017
He was responding to a tweet from CBS News reading, “Timeline of texts from former Special Counsel investigator Peter Strzok may raise concerns about his impartiality and will likely raise more questions about the Clinton server investigation.”
Former Trump official Sebastian Gorka responded to the texts on Sean Hannity’s show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYm5QgcgkyQ
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/12...t-peter-strzok
