Boy, if text messages are a window into the soul, it’s a deeply partisan place at the FBI.
In newly discovered messages between agents investigating the connection between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, they referred to the future president as an “idiot.”
One of the agents was removed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “Immediately” after learning about one of the texts in July, Peter Strzok was pulled from the investigation.
The other agent – Lisa Page – has already ended the assignment she had with the Mueller investigation, Politico reports.
They received copies of the messages between the two. They were reacting to various developments on the campaign trail. Their take on Trump was negative from very early on.
“I just saw my first Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car,” Page wrote in an August 2015 exchange.
“He’s an idiot like Trump. Figure they cancel each other out,” Strzok replied.
The messages were turned up during an investigation into potential political influence on investigative decisions during the campaign, are fueling Republican calls for a second special counsel to investigate Mueller’s operation.
About 375 texts were handed over by the Justice Department, arriving on Capitol Hill the night before Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to face a prolonged grilling in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
The exchanges show Page and Strzok mocking Trump as early as mid-2015.
In responding to a news article where Trump said it wasn’t proven that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “killed anyone,” Page texted: “What an idiot.”
In a March 2016 message, Page exclaimed: “God trump is a loathsome human….omg he’s an idiot.”
“He’s awful,” replied Strzok.
Even more partisan, the agents expressed respect – or outright support – for Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.
“God Hillary should win 100,000,000 – 0,” Strzok wrote in March 2016, calling himself a “conservative Dem.”
“Also did you hear [Trump] make a comment about the size of his d*ck earlier? This man can not be president,” Page said later in the exchange.
The messages ended in late December. There are also hints in the messages about the concern over Russian influence on the campaign, which was building in the final months of the election contest.
In July 2016, Page expressed concern that the “sandernistas” might undercut Clinton’s campaign.
“I’m not worried about them. I’m worried about the anarchist Assanges who will take fed information and disclose it to disrupt,” Strzok replied, referring to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who published emails hacked from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
The following month, after exchanging more disparaging messages about Trump’s response to Gold Star father Khizr Khan, Page appears to suggest to Strzok that he needs to save the country from Trump.
“Maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace,” Page wrote.
“I can protect our country at many levels,” Strzok replied.
Another message suggests the two – and perhaps others – were evaluating Trump’s chances of victory while at work.
“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 wrote to Page in August 2016.
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