The FBI Finally Cans Peter Strzok By Debra Heine
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-fbi-finally-cans-peter-strzok/
FBI official Peter Strzok was finally fired Friday, more than a year after his anti-Trump text messages with his mistress, former FBI attorney Lisa Page, were discovered.
Strzok, who played a lead role in both the Clinton email and the Trump/Russia investigations, displayed extreme bias against then-candidate Trump in the now-infamous text messages.
Strzok’s attorney, Aitan Goelman, said in a statement on Monday that FBI Deputy Director David L. Bowdich ordered the firing on Friday, a departure from the usual disciplinary practice. Bowdich “overruled” the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which had decided Strzok should face only a demotion and 60-day suspension.
Goelman complained that the move belies the FBI’s repeated assurances that Strzok would be afforded “the normal process.”
“This isn’t the normal process in any way more than name,” Goelman said.
He added, “The decision to fire Special Agent Strzok is not only a departure from typical Bureau practice, but also contradicts Director Wray’s testimony to Congress and his assurances that the FBI intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters.”
The FBI declined to comment.
President Trump and congressional Republicans have hammered Strzok for months for his role in the FBI’s handling of both the Clinton email investigation and the Trump/Russia investigations.
In a tweet over the weekend, the president blistered Strzok and Page, along with the disgraced former director and deputy director, referring to them as “clowns and losers!”
The president immediately seized on Strzok’s firing, tweeting that the witch hunt he helped start should be dropped:
Comments are closed.
