FBI is sitting on classified information that could destroy Trump: Ex-agent Peter Strzok

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September 9, 2020
By Travis Gettys



Former FBI agent Peter Strzok says he could have destroyed President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, but he was not willing to violate his oath by revealing classified intelligence.

Strzok — who has become a favorite target of the president and his Republican allies — told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he could have destroyed Trump’s campaign with classified information the administration was still hiding from the public.

“Absolutely there are things that are not known that would still be damaging,” Strzok said. “The decision to release that is up to the administration. You’ve seen them declassify material, which unsurprisingly tends to all be helpful to President Trump. There’s a lot of material that simply is classified and that I can’t talk about, but it’s there.”

“The American public has a right to know it, but that is a decision for the administration to do. I can’t go declassifying information,” he added. “I’m going to honor my oath to both the office that I held, as well as the security clearance that I held. That information, the American public deserves it, and the administration, frankly, deserves to have that known, as well.”

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[Iliyah]

1. treason barr needs to be disbarred and removed . .

FBI Wray needs to come forth for the sake of the country.

[CaptYossarian]

2. He can't talk about it, but...

"someone" can leave copies of documents next to a public photocopier and, using a burner phone, can make a "Deep Throat" call to left-leaning media outlets. Rubber gloves are required.

[woodsprite]

3. Do FBI agents take an oath to the Constitution as well?

Against enemies foreign and domestic?

[triron]

5. This would seem a much stronger argument than just that it's 'classified'!

He's just afraid of being prosecuted by Barr.

[2naSalit]

24. And...

In order to be rehired and then do what needs to be done after January. You violate the oath, you're done as far as any gov't. job afterward. New admin might find his institutional knowledge helpful. I suspect there will be a lot of civil servants given the opportunity to be rehired in the new admin.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

46. well, let's hope someone is retiring and pissed off.

[MissB]

6. Probably

I think all fed employees do. I had to even as an intern at a fed agency.

[2naSalit]

25. All federal employeestake the oath...

to defend the Constitution. In the Senior Executive Service there are probably additional oaths regarding national security within the intel realm.

[fescuerescue]

4. Well we know from Snowden that the NSA collects information on all us.

Can you imagine how large their file is on Trump?

[Baitball Blogger]

7. So we need another principled leaker.

[Golden Raisin]

8. Also someone at IRS.

But not many willing to voluntarily give up their careers and life and suffer the inevitable horrendous consequences.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. Any IRS employee would face severe consequences if they did anything like releasing Trump records.

Several years ago, if I recall correctly, several IRS employees somewhere were fired because they'd taken unauthorized looks at tax returns they were not okay to look at. Apparently, they could tell who had looked at what electronic files. I'm sure anyone even looking at Trump's files who wasn't someone who was okay to do so would get caught.

And I suspect it wouldn't be merely being fired, but jail time is probably inevitable.

We all need to know that our IRS info is completely secure. All of us.

[Tanuki]

38. Same with electronic medical files. There have been instances in which a celebrity

was hospitalized or receiving outpatient treatment and staff members not involved in their care peeked at the files out of curiosity. They were traced and in many cases they were summarily fired and even had their professional licenses suspended.

[bullwinkle428]

9. I'm sure it will all be released after he wins a 2nd term.

[ScratchCat]

10. I don't think this is a "secret"

And I am pretty sure that what he is referring to is the fact that they knew Roger Stone was in direct communication with Donald Trump regarding WikiLeaks and the nonsense Stone was up to. That shows clear "collusion" with the attempts to hack and distribute DNC emails.

[stopdiggin]

31. as far as I can tell there is nothing new here at all

including the statement that they are "sitting on classified" ....
Well, yeah -- that's kinda' what the government does. Strzok is one of the good guys -- but this interview doesn't really cover any new territory -- and it isn't going to result in meaningful action or change. Just getting up there and saying, "We know stuff" is kind of a meaningless gesture.

[bluestarone]

11. I would like to see them release anything AND everything against tRUMP, BUT

I DO NOT want to give the courts any excuse, that information against tRUMP was illegally received!! I want him and family in prison!! No loopholes that allow him out of prosecution!!!!!

[llmart]

15. I doubt he'll ever be going to prison.

As much as I would love it if that happened, it's not going to happen. Maybe one of the hapless kids might but not him.

[Marcuse]

22. Right. We don't want another Oliver North "get out of prison card".

[SoonerPride]

12. I interpret this as "he has committed treason"

Until disproved that is my story and I am sticking to it.

[2naSalit]

26. I'm stickin' with it too.

Because it's the truth.

[Illumination]

30. I'm with you on that. His actions have been obvious that he has been destroying

America & hates America! One of many cons is that he darn well didn't "Make America Great Again"!...

[Ohioboy]

13. Wouldn't it be nice to have transparency and not need leaking

Get him out of there!

[Kid Berwyn]

14. NSA transcriptions of Putin programming Trump.

Then there’s the Pee Tapes.

[mysteryowl]

16. Hypocrisy and corruption

Remember how important it was for Comey to come forward with information on HRC.
Why was it not important for Comey to come forward with information about Trump?

Why is this SOB being protected by so many?!!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

19. I don't get that either. For the sake of our country, stand up and let the facts come out.

[dmr]

32. I think the primary reason Comey came forward was because of the rogue

NYC FBI agents. They hated Hillary with a purple passion and it was strongly suspected they were feeding Rudy Giuliani info. Giuliani pretty much said they kept him informed.

Comey feared if he didn't act then, the rogue agents would have leaked it to a hungry media, so shamefully Comey beat them to the punch.

It tells me there was no honor in the NY office, and it also showed that Comey could be manipulated to do something against their own policies of revealing info prior to an election. They sure didn't inform us of the investigation behind Trump's traitorous activities. Arghhh ...

We have to rid ourselves of these opportunistic, corrupt traitors.

[intheflow]

17. Honoring an oath vs. getting rid of a despot...

This shouldn't even be an internal conflict. Your oath is not as important as the country. I wish these people would grow spines and whistle blow. It would be the truly patriotic thing to do.

[Glorfindel]

18. The 2016 campaign happened under the Obama administration

Is Strzok really saying that the Obama administration was "still" hiding classfied information from the public?

"Former FBI agent Peter Strzok says he could have destroyed President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, but he was not willing to violate his oath by revealing classified intelligence.

Strzok — who has become a favorite target of the president and his Republican allies — told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he could have destroyed Trump’s campaign with classified information the administration was still hiding from the public. "

Something about that just doesn't sound right.

[Texin]

21. Well, he has referred to 2016, therefore, Obama was in office at that time.

The intelligence was collected in that timeframe, and Obama demurred in allowing it to be publicized. He DID, however, approach McConnell and other rethug leadership about making this information known (about tRump's involvement with Russia and the Wikileaks/Assange connection), but they absolutely refused to let any of this be made public. Frankly, I never understood why he didn't just come right out with that information. I was furious with him, in fact, for withholding it. I'll never fully understand why he fucking thought he needed goddamned McConnell's approval. For that matter, I'll never understand why he didn't make more noise about them blocking his nomination of Merrick Garland going forward.

[stopdiggin]

33. your 100% correct

and the answer to all of this is that Obama was a far more honorable man than those that followed him. (Or those he was dealing with at the time) There was a code against throwing bombs during the election cycle (which Comey took upon himself to unilaterally break -- to the derision and disgust of many of his contemporaries). I don't know if I can find fault with Obama for respecting the office and the electoral process.

If you want a good example of how not to do it ....

[oldsoftie]

37. No it doesnt. And no one from the Obama admin has said anything like this.

He must be writing a book soon

[Pantagruel]

20. Biden should promise to declassify

all of the Trump file. Don't much care about the precedent, the promise alone will demoralize Trump supporters and motivate libs, IMHO.

[andym]

27. Probably information that is not related to Russia

Mueller would have had access to it. So what could it be? The FBI spends a lot of effort on organized crime, which is very active in NYC. Comey would have seen it, and he accused Trump of acting like a mobster-- so my guess would be serious mob ties from years ago, including acting on the mob's behalf. Let the conspiracy theories begin.

[LudwigPastorius]

28. We've seen, time after time, information about Trump revealed that [i]should[/i] have...

eliminated him as a candidate for any rational and decent human being.

Trump supporters are neither rational nor decent.

[zentrum]

34. Eff-off.

Don't FBI agents take an oath to The Law? The Constitution? The Protection of the American People?

If he's got information on foreign interference or Trump corruption—he should get his priorities in order.

He's pathetic. Disgusting. A book deal. Like Bolton.

[superpatriotman]

35. Whisper it in my ear

I'll be brave and make it public for you.

[Lonestarblue]

36. Not long ago I read some of Greg Olear's posts about Trump's history with the NY mob.

And later with Russian mobsters. The NY mob association actually started with Trump’s father. One of Olear’s more interesting suppositions was that Trump has long been a Confidential Informant for the FBI, which he became to avoid prosecution for his own crimes. It’s an interesting theory because it would explain how Trump has avoided prosecution for things like money laundering for the New Jersey and Russian mobs through real estate and casinos.

F that really is the case, the FBI would have a very thick file on Trump, which Strzok is likely to know about. It’s entirely believable that Trump would turn on business associates to save himself.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

39. There's a long history of mob ties with Trump.

twitter.com/LincolnsBible <---lots of info on mob ties, the Gambino and Genovese crime families that Trump has been associated with since birth. LincolnsBible has had a 35+ year career in "one of the 3 intelligence agencies, FBI, CIA, NSA". She says that Donnie is a CI (Confidential Informant) for the government, i.e., a snitch.

Also info on Trump's dementia symptoms - twitter.com/TomJChicago

[Mike 03]

42. You might like Craig Unger's book

House of Trump, House of Putin

It's a couple of years old but it is as deep a dive as a reporter could do at the time. He traces Trump's relationships back a long ways (and Fred Sr, too). It's been awhile since I've read it. Think it goes back to the Seventies. Michael Cohen's family is mentioned too, as his family also had ties.

[Lonestarblue]

43. Thank you. I'll check it out.

[UTUSN]

40. K&R

[Mike 03]

41. Excellent. Thank you for posting.

I was wondering if Strzok was going to do TV for his book.

[Blue Owl]

44. Let's keep this lying, racist, raving lunatic at the helm

That'll work out well...

[Skittles]

45. yet HILLARY'S EMAILS WERE TALKED ABOUT??

W.T.F.