FBI/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An FBI agent who criticized then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in text messages during the 2016 election campaign vigorously defended himself at a raucous hearing on Thursday, describing Republican lawmakers’ attacks on him as helping America’s enemies. Republican and Democratic lawmakers shouted and swapped insults in the U.S. House of Representatives hearing as agent Peter Strzok said his personal political views had never affected his official work. In the hearing, Republicans attacked the FBI, as President Trump himself has done, at a time when Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Russian meddling in the election and possible collusion between Trump campaign aides and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who meets with Trump in Helsinki on Monday [7-9-18], has repeatedly denied U.S. intelligence agency conclusions that Moscow interfered and tried to help Trump.”
-Amanda Becker, “FBI agent defends himself from House Republicans over Trump texts,” Reuters, July 12, 2018 10:18 am