Washington – Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who came under fire by Republicans for sending politically charged text messages that disparaged President Donald Trump, was fired from the bureau late Friday, his attorney said on Monday.
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Strzok is the third high-ranking person to be fired from the FBI during the Trump administration.
Aitan Goelman, Strzok’s attorney, said in a statement that FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich made the decision to terminate his client.
The decision, Goelman added, was at odds with a recommendation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which had called for Strzok to face a 60-day suspension and demotion from his supervisory responsibilities.
“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,” Goelman said.
Goelman said that his client’s firing was politically motivated and that his texts represented political speech protected by the First Amendment.
Earlier this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe after a scathing report by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog concluded he had leaked information to reporters and misled investigators about his actions.
Former FBI Director James Comey was fired by Trump in May 2017 after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein helped pen a memo that was critical of how Comey handled the FBI’s probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
Later, however, Trump claimed he fired Comey over that “Russia thing,” apparently referring to the FBI probe into whether his presidential campaign colluded with Russia. Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion and called the investigation a witch hunt.
Both Comey and McCabe said, however, they believe they were fired because they are crucial witnesses in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into whether Trump may have tried to obstruct the investigation.
Strzok was deeply involved in the FBI’s Clinton email investigation and was temporarily assigned to Mueller’s office. He was removed from that post after his politically charged texts came to light.
His texts were criticized by the Justice Department’s inspector general in a recent report that examined the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email probe. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly pointed to them as evidence the FBI is biased against Trump.
Finally, this has been a long time coming. This is what I call draining the swamp.
As Golda Meir stated to Anwar Sadat, when he came to Israel in 1977 “What took so long”. The fact of the matter is that if J. Edgar Hoover had been at the FBI when this nonsense took place, Strzok would have been out on his tuchas a long time ago. Our law enforcement officials are held to a higher standard, whether they are at the township, village, municipal, county, state, or federal level. Hence, no mercy should be shown to corrupt law enforcement personnel. Case closed!
Too late. This guy needed to be canned long ago. His bias is extraordinary, and he even stated it when he suggested that he would use his authority to take action. His impudence on Capitol Hill was shameful, and all indication that he no longer possessed the qualities it took to serve the public. He should be investigated for his involvement in the entire FBI fiasco, where politics decided Hillary email scandal, and the launching of the Russia investigation that has found nothing connected to Trump. He and the others should be dragged through the process of criminal court.
So it begins. Soon Mueller and his gang of witch hunters will be history.
Then DOJ can start with the real investigations: Hillary and her thugs, and Obama and his thugs.
Message to hashomer now that his house of cards is collapsing:
A trio of psychedelic drugs may help treat a number of mental health conditions when combined with talk therapy, according to results presented at the American Psychological Association annual meeting. Together with therapy, “some psychedelic drugs like MDMA, psilocybin and ayahuasca may improve symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder,” Alliant International University associate professor Cristina Magalhaes said.
Maybe you should contact Professor Magalhaes and volunteer for a clinical trial.
why is he only fired, he should be put in jail
So basically, anyone who has anti Trump sentiments who works for the Feds can be fired. And I thought the USSR collapsed awhile ago.
I’ll bet he’s totally dumbStrzok
To:#7-Steven Wright-You don’t know anything about history; Golda Meir died in December, 1978. Anwar Sadat came to Jerusalem in November, 1977. Although Golda had been out of office, she was at Ben Gurion Airport to welcome Sadat, along with Menachem Begin, Moshe Dayan, Ariel Sharon, Yitzchak Rabin, Ezer Weitzman, and other officials. I remember seeing her greet Sadat on live television.
Ha ha!! Over $311,000 and counting after one day!! Karma is a real b___h, right trumpturds??