FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “A top FBI agent and an FBI lawyer, who were involved in the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email arrangement and the probe into Russian electoral meddling, exchanged texts disparaging then-candidate Donald Trump, including calling him an ‘idiot’ and a ‘menace,’ according to copies of the messages the Justice Department provided Congress.
Peter Strzok, 47 years old, was one of the highest-ranking agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was removed from his post with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling this past summer after a Justice Department watchdog launched an inquiry into the texts…
Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page, who also briefly worked with Mr. Mueller’s office, haven’t responded to requests for comment.
FBI Director Christopher Wray was asked repeatedly about Mr. Strzok’s texts at a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, but declined to answer, citing a continuing investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general, the in-house watchdog.”
-Brent Kendall and Aruna Viswanatha, “FBI Agent Removed From Russia Probe Called Trump an ‘Idiot’ in Text,” The Wall Street Journal online, Dec. 13, 2017 12:44am