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Peter Strzok, shown before testifying in the House on July 12, was fired late Friday by FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich, according to Strzok's lawyer. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Peter Strzok, a longtime agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, was fired by the FBI after he sent text messages criticizing President Donald Trump to a colleague.
Strzok was removed from Mueller's team a year ago after the texts were discovered.
Strzok's lawyer, Aitan Goelman, said his client was fired late Friday by FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich.
Goelman said in a statement Monday that Strzok was fired because of political pressure and "to punish Special Agent Strzok for political speech protected by the First Amendment."
He said the firing "should be deeply troubling to all Americans."
"The decision to fire Special Agent Strzok is not only a departure from typical Bureau practice, but also contradicts Director [Christopher] Wray's testimony to Congress and his assurances that the FBI intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters," said Goelman.
The Washington Post first reported the development. The FBI's disciplinary office had recommended a 60-day suspension and a demotion for Strzok, according to the report.
Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Strzok on Twitter, saying his critical text messages showed that Mueller's investigation is a hoax.
The president was quick to celebrate the firing, tweeting about an hour after the Post report.
Strzok worked on FBI investigations into both campaign opponent Hillary Clinton's use of an email server and potential co-ordination between Russia and Trump's campaign.
He was removed from Mueller's team following the discovery of the derogatory text messages over a period of months that were exchanged with Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer with whom he was having an affair.
House Republicans grilled Strzok for hours last month as they argued that the text messages with Page coloured the outcome of the Clinton email investigation and undercut the FBI's investigation into Russian election interference.
Republicans accused Strzok of bias, with one text message receiving considerable attention from right-wing media outlets, an Aug. 8, 2016, text in which Strzok, discussing with Page the prospect of a Trump win, says, "No. No he won't. We'll stop it."
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'At no time in any of these texts did those personal beliefs ever enter into the realm of any action I took,' Strzok said. 2:36Strzok told the House committees last month that the text came in response to campaign occurrences such as Trump insulting the immigrant father of a fallen U.S. soldier. Strzok called it "horrible and disgusting behaviour," and said he was stating his opinion that the electorate would "stop" a candidate like that. He said it was not a declaration that he or the FBI would improperly interfere with the electoral process.
"The suggestion that I and some dark chamber somewhere in the FBI would somehow cast aside all of these procedures, all of these safeguards and somehow be able to do this, is astounding to me," Strzok said in testimony. "It simply couldn't happen."
In his prepared remarks before testifying, the agent pointed out that his texts also included jabs directed at Democrats Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
Strzok also pointed out that he did not disclose or leak that the Trump campaign was under investigation before voters headed to the polls in 2016.
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Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page arrives for a House committee deposition, one day after the session involving Strzok. The two are at the centre of controversial texts that led to him being removed from Mueller's team. (Leah Millis/Reuters)In May 2017 texts to Page, Strzok described his reluctance to work on behalf of the special counsel. In one text, he seemed to imply he didn't think there would be substantial findings of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign team.
"I hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern there's no big there there," Strzok said in one text that Republicans did not bring up at his public hearing in July.
The FBI has not commented on the Washington newspaper's report.
California Republican Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Leader, cheered Strzok's dismissal, saying on Twitter that it was "long overdue."
Trump has launched public campaigns against prominent FBI officials and both his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Sessions's deputy, Rod Rosenstein.
He fired FBI Director James Comey less than halfway into his tenure in May 2017, which helped pave the way for the special counsel to take over investigations into Russia interference.
The president also lashed out at the subsequent acting director, Andrew McCabe, both for his actions with respect to the Clinton investigation and the fact that his wife once mounted a run for political office that saw her receive donations from prominent Democrats.
McCabe was fired from the bureau earlier this year, just two days shy of his retirement date.
With files from CBC News
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks its awfully comical when all the LIEbrano Trolls within CBC get upset when a very corrupt FBI lawyer finally gets fired N'esy Pas?
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/08/methinks-its-awfully-comical-when-all.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/strzok-firing-fbi-1.4783182
Peter Strzok, who worked on Mueller special counsel probe, fired from FBI
Republicans have seized on text messages from Strzok to try to discredit probe into Russian election meddling
The Associated Press· Posted: Aug 13, 2018 12:29 PM ET Comments
Bryan Atkinson
No doubt Trump and Fox News will push this as proof of a witch hunt and the base will buy every word.
David Amos
@Bryan Atkinson Methniks Strzok's lawyer, Aitan Goelman will enjoy my email but everybody knows he will do nothing with it N'esy Pas?
Bryan Atkinson
@David Amos
I don't know what language N'esy Pas is supposed to be but it's not French.
I don't know what language N'esy Pas is supposed to be but it's not French.
David Amos
@Bryan Atkinson Methinks Strzok's lawyer, Aitan Goelman won't care about Chiac N'esy Pas?
Maxim Verite
Come too close to exposing the truth, you lose your job. Welcome to Trump's world, where nothing is real.
David Amos
@Maxim Verite Methinks most people in the know are astounded that Strzok kept his job this lng N'esy Pas?
John Reekie
political scapegoating a man who has given a lifetime of service. The GOP continue to sink just when you think they couldn't go lower.
David Amos
@John Reekie Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?
Ian MacDonald
They are going to make the Mueller investigation bullet proof.
Strzok? Doesn't matter if he was clean, even the appearance of a little dirt and he's gone.
What else can you do when making a case Trump is bought by the Russians?
Strzok? Doesn't matter if he was clean, even the appearance of a little dirt and he's gone.
What else can you do when making a case Trump is bought by the Russians?
Ian MacDonald
@Philip Sheldrake
Isn't it remarkable that there haven't been any leaks from the Mueller investigation?
Sounds pretty...professional.
Isn't it remarkable that there haven't been any leaks from the Mueller investigation?
Sounds pretty...professional.
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David Amos
@Ian MacDonald Methinks you have not read my Twitter account lately N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@David Amos Methinks somebody was way past too late that ime N'esy Pas?
Aala Shariati Saravi
...Peter Strzok is a patriot…
David Amos
@Aala Shariati Saravi Nope Methinks many folks would agree that Peter Strzok is just another corrupt Yankee lawyer N'esy Pas?
Elaine Hancock
As he should be. The public service is not supposed to take sides when they do their job. In their private life, go for it.
Charles Patten
@david mccaig its not his private life when he says "they wont" let it happen" and "we have an insurance policy" unless he thinks he is the borg from star trek and always talks in pluralism but i doubt it ......
David Amos
@Charles Patten True
Natasha Pushkin
Question remains, WHY he was ON Meuller probe to begin with and why he wasn't fired from the FBI until now?
David Amos
@Natasha Pushkin Exactly
Barbara Leblanc
Strzok defended himself admirably and self-serving Trump will have his revenge. This firing has Trump's desperate manufactured distraction fingerprints all over it. The small fixable cracks are opening into gaping fissures. Self-serving Trump's time messing around with America and global matters is coming to an end.
David Amos
@Barbara Leblanc "Strzok defended himself admirably"
Nope
Nope
Chris Johnson
The left cannot be let off the hook for this. Especially, the MSM. They must answer for subverting the truth and pushing the Trump-Russia collusion.
David Amos
@Chris Johnson YUP
Chris Johnson
Any intelligent observer can see where the real collusion is. After two years, Mueller has not given even one piece of evidence to prove Trump committed a crime. But, the evidence is piling up on the DOJ-FBI-DNC collusion to stop Trump.
David Amos
@Chris Johnson I agree
Peter Strzok, who worked on Mueller special counsel probe, fired from FBI
Republicans have seized on text messages from Strzok to try to discredit probe into Russian election meddling
The Associated Press· Posted: Aug 13, 2018 12:29 PM ETPeter Strzok, a longtime agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, was fired by the FBI after he sent text messages criticizing President Donald Trump to a colleague.
Strzok was removed from Mueller's team a year ago after the texts were discovered.
Strzok's lawyer, Aitan Goelman, said his client was fired late Friday by FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich.
Goelman said in a statement Monday that Strzok was fired because of political pressure and "to punish Special Agent Strzok for political speech protected by the First Amendment."
"The decision to fire Special Agent Strzok is not only a departure from typical Bureau practice, but also contradicts Director [Christopher] Wray's testimony to Congress and his assurances that the FBI intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters," said Goelman.
The Washington Post first reported the development. The FBI's disciplinary office had recommended a 60-day suspension and a demotion for Strzok, according to the report.
Agent Peter Strzok was just fired from the FBI - finally. The list of bad players in the FBI & DOJ gets longer & longer. Based on the fact that Strzok was in charge of the Witch Hunt, will it be dropped? It is a total Hoax. No Collusion, No Obstruction - I just fight back!
Just fired Agent Strzok, formerly of the FBI, was in charge of the Crooked Hillary Clinton sham investigation. It was a total fraud on the American public and should be properly redone!
Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Strzok on Twitter, saying his critical text messages showed that Mueller's investigation is a hoax.
The president was quick to celebrate the firing, tweeting about an hour after the Post report.
Strzok worked on FBI investigations into both campaign opponent Hillary Clinton's use of an email server and potential co-ordination between Russia and Trump's campaign.
He was removed from Mueller's team following the discovery of the derogatory text messages over a period of months that were exchanged with Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer with whom he was having an affair.
Heated session last month
House Republicans grilled Strzok for hours last month as they argued that the text messages with Page coloured the outcome of the Clinton email investigation and undercut the FBI's investigation into Russian election interference.
Republicans accused Strzok of bias, with one text message receiving considerable attention from right-wing media outlets, an Aug. 8, 2016, text in which Strzok, discussing with Page the prospect of a Trump win, says, "No. No he won't. We'll stop it."
FBI agent Peter Strzok testifies at combative U.S. House hearing
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"The suggestion that I and some dark chamber somewhere in the FBI would somehow cast aside all of these procedures, all of these safeguards and somehow be able to do this, is astounding to me," Strzok said in testimony. "It simply couldn't happen."
In his prepared remarks before testifying, the agent pointed out that his texts also included jabs directed at Democrats Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
Strzok also pointed out that he did not disclose or leak that the Trump campaign was under investigation before voters headed to the polls in 2016.
"I hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern there's no big there there," Strzok said in one text that Republicans did not bring up at his public hearing in July.
The FBI has not commented on the Washington newspaper's report.
California Republican Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Leader, cheered Strzok's dismissal, saying on Twitter that it was "long overdue."
Trump has launched public campaigns against prominent FBI officials and both his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Sessions's deputy, Rod Rosenstein.
He fired FBI Director James Comey less than halfway into his tenure in May 2017, which helped pave the way for the special counsel to take over investigations into Russia interference.
The president also lashed out at the subsequent acting director, Andrew McCabe, both for his actions with respect to the Clinton investigation and the fact that his wife once mounted a run for political office that saw her receive donations from prominent Democrats.
McCabe was fired from the bureau earlier this year, just two days shy of his retirement date.
With files from CBC News