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35 views • June 16, 2018

Senior FBI Official Vowed to Stop Trump From Becoming President

Tom Ozimek
A new report reveals that a senior FBI official had sent a text message vowing to stop Donald Trump from becoming president. This according to a report capping the Justice Department inspector general’s investigation into the 2016 election. The report contains an exchange of messages between FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok and bureau attorney Lisa Page. In one text, Page asks “[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Strzok’s reply: “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it.” Strzok later told investigators he didn’t remember sending the message and that he didn’t take any steps that would impact the presidential election. Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz said the texts raise significant questions about the F.B.I.’s credibility during a politically delicate investigation. “The conduct by these employees cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation and sowed doubt about the FBI’s work on, and its handling of, the Midyear investigation.” FBI Midyear is the bureau’s internal codename for the Clinton-email probe. “Moreover, the damage caused by their actions extends far beyond the scope of the Midyear investigation and goes to the heart of the FBI’s reputation for neutral factfinding and political independence.” Horowitz also found that Strzok’s political views did not affect the inquiry. The inspector general said investigators “found no evidence in emails, text messages, instant messages, or documents that suggested an improper purpose” in the direction that Strzok took the investigation. Horowitz also found that five other FBI staffmembers on the investigation held an anti-Trump bias. The inspector general concluded that the conduct of the persons involved “has brought discredit to themselves, sowed doubt about the FBI’s handling of the Midyear investigation, and impacted the reputation of the FBI.” The inspector general referred the five employees to the FBI for potential disciplinary action.
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