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The FBI Agent gives the American people a real look — at how seriously they take their jobs.
Gives us an insider look at how keenly FBI Agents believe in Due Process, human dignity, and the “will of the America people” being sacrosanct.
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The text exchange at issue was detailed in a recently-released
Justice Department internal watchdog report, which revealed that on August 8, 2016, now ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page wrote in a text,
Trump is "not ever going to become president, right? Right?!" to which Strzok replied, "No. No he's not.
We'll stop it."
Republicans
have criticized the message and seized
on the exchange to argue that it demonstrates
evidence of anti-Trump bias at the FBI.
During a contentious congressional hearing on Thursday, Strzok attempted to explain why he sent the message in the first place.
"In terms of the texts that 'we will stop it,' you need to understand that was written late at night, off-the-cuff, and it was in response to a series of events that included then-candidate Trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero, and my presumption, based on that horrible, disgusting behavior that the American population would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be President of the United States," Strzok said.
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by Jason Easley, politicususa.com — July 12, 2018
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) was trying to discredit Strzok and make him sound un-American when Strzok cut through the BS and cut to the heart of the Russia scandal.
Video:
Transcript:
Gowdy: I thought you trusted the American people. I thought that was what you said in August of 2016, that the American people would stop him and then they didn’t stop him and here we are in March and all of a sudden not trusting the American people anymore.”
Strzok: Sir, what I utterly trust the American people. What I worry about is when the government of Russia puts their fingers on the scale and causes the will of the American people to be something other than Americans electing their president.
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There’s much more to this engaging testimony by Peter Strzok. These are just the highlights that stuck with me.
Rachel Maddow did an excellent job of summarizing the Strzok “push-back” during this GOP “conspiracy-theory” show-trial. I would suggest you watch the A-Block if you get the chance.
I will post links and the Maddow clip of that here, when they become available.
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FBI agent Peter Strzok, Republicans clash in fiery House hearing
CNN
Republicans Appear to Care More About an FBI Affair Than Russian Election Interference
Newsweek
Facing intense GOP criticism, FBI's Strzok says personal views didn't affect decisions
NBC News
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