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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 03:21 PM Sep 2020

Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat

WASHINGTON — A former senior F.B.I. agent at the center of the investigations into Hillary Clinton’s email server and the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia defends the handling of the inquiries and declares President Trump a national security threat in a new memoir, while admitting that the bureau made mistakes that upended the 2016 presidential election.

The former agent, Peter Strzok, who was removed from the special counsel’s team and later fired over disparaging texts he sent about Mr. Trump, has mostly kept silent as the president and his supporters have vilified him.

But Mr. Strzok’s new book, “Compromised,” a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times ahead of its publication on Tuesday, provides a detailed account of navigating the two politically toxic investigations and a forceful apologia of the bureau’s acts. Mr. Strzok also reveals details about the F.B.I.’s internal debate over investigating the president himself, writing that the question arose early in the Trump presidency and suggesting that agents were eyeing others around Mr. Trump. Mr. Strzok was himself at first opposed to investigating the president.

But in a scathing appraisal, Mr. Strzok concludes that Mr. Trump is hopelessly corrupt and a national security threat. The investigations that Mr. Strzok oversaw showed the president’s “willingness to accept political assistance from an opponent like Russia — and, it follows, his willingness to subvert everything America stands for.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-fbi-agent-in-russia-inquiry-says-trump-is-a-national-security-threat/ar-BB18Jukh?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

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Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
Unfortunately, Peter Strzok's credibility, although unfairly, has been questioned. madaboutharry Sep 2020 #1
That is how Trump and Billy the Barge work. Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #4
The day after the election the House Oversight committee should hire him bottomofthehill Sep 2020 #2
Absolutely! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #3

madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
1. Unfortunately, Peter Strzok's credibility, although unfairly, has been questioned.
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 03:31 PM
Sep 2020

The information he offers will be widely dismissed. That is a pity because I would wager everything he has to say is true.

bottomofthehill

(8,329 posts)
2. The day after the election the House Oversight committee should hire him
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 03:37 PM
Sep 2020

He can lead the investigation into the President post the inauguration, and the new administration will turn over documents.

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