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    Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed Tuesday that he is investigating whether FBI official Peter Strzok’s anti-Trump bias factored into the launch of the bureau’s Russia probe.

    During a joint hearing before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, Horowitz testified that his office was reviewing Strzok’s anti-Trump text messages as part of a separate probe related to the Russia investigation.

    “It clearly shows a biased state of mind,”
    Horowitz said, referring to text messages written as the FBI probe of Hillary Clinton's private email use was wrapping up and the Russia probe was getting underway.

    The most infamous text, revealed in last week's IG report on the Clinton email case, showed Strzok responding "We'll stop it" when his colleague and lover Lisa Page sought assurances that Trump would not become president.

    House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., questioned Horowitz on whether that apparent bias influenced the initiation of the investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 campaign and potential collusion with Trump's team.

    “That’s a matter we’ve got under review and are looking at right now,”
    Horowitz said.

    It was revealed earlier this year that Horowitz’s office was investigating allegations of government surveillance abuse tied to the start of the Russia probe. But Horowitz’s testimony, meant to answer questions about the conclusion of the Clinton case review, revealed some of the specifics involved in the ongoing Russia case review, including the Strzok texts.

    Goodlatte pressed Horowitz over the politically charged text messages -- which the report described as “hostile” -- and noted how several were sent near the start of the Russia probe.

    “Correct,” Horowitz said. “In fact, there were these other text messages in roughly the same time period.”
    The exchange came minutes after House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., also outlined the curious timing of a string of texts between Strzok and Page, just as the Russia probe, which Strzok was involved in, was beginning.

    Gowdy laid out a timeline—beginning July 5, 2016 when Comey recommended no criminal charges against Clinton, to July 28, 2016, when the FBI initiated a counterintelligence investigation into the Russia issue.

    “Three weeks after Clinton is exonerated by Comey, Strzok is leading the investigation into Russia and coordination with the Trump campaign,”
    Gowdy said Tuesday.

    “And damn this feels momentous. Because this matters. The other one did, too, but that was to ensure we didn’t F something up. This matters because this MATTERS,” Strzok texted just days after the Russia probe began in July 2016.

    “It almost sounds like they were going through the motions with the Clinton investigation—but boy they sure were excited about the Russia one,” Gowdy said.

    Gowdy noted that on Aug. 6, 2016, Page texted Strzok, who was leading the FBI’s Russia investigation, telling him that he was “meant to protect the country from that menace.”

    But a new text revealed in Horowitz’s report last week, from Aug. 8, 2016, revealing Strzok vowing to “stop” Trump from becoming president.

    According to the report, Page texted Strzok in August 2016 and said: “[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!”

    “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it,” Strzok responded.

    Gowdy said that text message was evidence that
    Strzok had “already prejudged the outcome,” noting that Strzok “already determined Trump should not be president of the United States”
    just days into the investigation.

    By August 15, 2016, Strzok and Page texted about an “insurance policy” should Trump become president.

    “I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office - that there’s no way he gets elected - but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk,” Strzok texted on Aug. 15, 2016. “It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40.”

    Horowitz testified, in response to Gowdy’s timeline and the texts between Strzok and Page, that the bias found here was “extremely serious.”

    “I can’t imagine FBI agents even suggesting that they would use their powers to investigate any candidate for office,” Horowitz said. “I thought this was completely antithetical to the core values of the department and extremely serious.”
    The office of the inspector general, though, found no evidence that the bias found impacted prosecutorial decisions in the Clinton email probe.

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    I caught part of this on the radio today. Very disturbing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    But a new text revealed in Horowitz’s report last week, from Aug. 8, 2016, revealing Strzok vowing to “stop” Trump from becoming president.
    But he didn't, did he? He never leaked a word about the existence of the FBI investigation, which COULD have stopped Trump.

    If the IG ever finds that Strzok did more than talk, let us know (I'm sure you will).

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    Quote Originally Posted by seeker View Post
    But he didn't, did he? He never leaked a word about the existence of the FBI investigation, which COULD have stopped Trump.

    If the IG ever finds that Strzok did more than talk, let us know (I'm sure you will).
    I am sure that is coming down the pike. Stay tuned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seeker View Post
    But he didn't, did he? He never leaked a word about the existence of the FBI investigation, which COULD have stopped Trump.

    If the IG ever finds that Strzok did more than talk, let us know (I'm sure you will).
    Strzok's credibility may be attacked by evidence of bias, interest, motive, or prejudice. He's got all that.
    It's extreme animus towards Trump

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    Strzok's credibility may be attacked by evidence of bias, interest, motive, or prejudice. He's got all that.
    You gotta show that he DID something. Maybe he tricked Comey into getting the FISA warrant on blameless Page,
    something like that.

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    I think maybe Strzok had to clean out his desk today...................................


    Peter Strzok, the FBI agent under fire over a series of anti-Trump text messages, was "escorted" from the FBI building, his lawyer confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.

    Strzok's lawyer, Aitan Goelman, argued that even though his client has "played by the rules," he has been targeted by "unfounded personal attacks, political games and inappropriate information leaks."

    "All of this seriously calls into question the impartiality of the disciplinary process, which now appears tainted by political influence," a statement from Goelman said.

    He said that Strzok "has complied with every FBI procedure, including being escorted from the building as part of the ongoing internal proceedings." The attorney did not say exactly when Strzok was escorted out.

    "Instead of publicly calling for a long-serving FBI agent to be summarily fired, politicians should allow the disciplinary process to play out free from political pressure," Goelman said. "Our leaders and the public should be very concerned with how readily such influence has been allowed to undermine due process and the legal protections owed to someone who has served his country for so long. Pete Strzok and the American people deserve better."

    The FBI had no comment when contacted by Fox News.

    News of Strzok's removal came after Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed during a Congressional hearing earlier Tuesday that his office was looking into whether Strzok's anti-Trump bias played a role in the launch of the bureau's Russia probe.

    Horowitz's report on the Clinton email investigation, which was released last week, revealed a text sent by Strzok to his then-colleague and lover Lisa Page.

    The IG report said Page texted Strzok in August 2016, prior to then-candidate Donald Trump's election night win, saying "[Trump's] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!"

    "No. No he won't. We'll stop it," Strzok responded.

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    Gowdy's first round with Horowitz...........................

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    Gowdy's second round with Horowitz...........................

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    Just more bullshit Trumpaganda.

    Strzok was in no position to sway anything. He would have had to have created and planted false evidence or suppressed exonerating evidence, etc.

    This shit is so transparent you could read the paper through it.
    https://i.postimg.cc/PqVCnGks/gojoe1.jpg
    C'MON MAN!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    Strzok's credibility may be attacked by evidence of bias, interest, motive, or prejudice. He's got all that.
    It's extreme animus towards Trump
    I would accuse Horowitz of willful blindness but for the fact he’s not a prosecutor.

    Here’s the deal though: Horowitz is so circumspect that if he DOES conclude that Strzok and others allowed bias to influence the investigations it’s going to be a game changer. Since Strzok led the Russian investigation before he handed it off to Mullet, then the whole thing will become tainted because of Strzok. Strzok should be given protective custody if that happens lol.

    Also, I don’t know how they could keep from appointing an SP to investigate the investigators.

    And that, would be some serious karma.
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    Quote Originally Posted by seeker View Post
    You gotta show that he DID something. Maybe he tricked Comey into getting the FISA warrant on blameless Page,
    something like that.
    it impeaches the Russian probe that Strzok headed...but Horowitz is..

    IG confirms he is reviewing whether Strzok's anti-Trump bias impacted launch of Russia probe
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...sia-probe.html

    and the House is trying to find out about what really started the FBI investigation, since informant were run at the campaign before the EC date

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    Strzok used his position to weaponize his ideology. He's going down.
    The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    it impeaches the Russian probe that Strzok headed...but Horowitz is..

    IG confirms he is reviewing whether Strzok's anti-Trump bias impacted launch of Russia probe
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...sia-probe.html

    and the House is trying to find out about what really started the FBI investigation, since informant were run at the campaign before the EC date
    Everything Strzok was involved in comes into question. The proverbial fruit of the poisonous tree.
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    Quote Originally Posted by seeker View Post
    But he didn't, did he? He never leaked a word about the existence of the FBI investigation, which COULD have stopped Trump.

    If the IG ever finds that Strzok did more than talk, let us know (I'm sure you will).
    LOL
    Didn't the FBI fire the dude?

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