Why Are Two FBI Agents Being Smeared By the Right? â Mother Jones
The latest bit of manufactured outrage from Trumpland involves a pair of FBI agents who apparently enjoyed gossiping about politics during the 2016 campaign. Margaret Hartmann provides the nickel summary:
In the 375 texts shared with Congress  Strzok and Page make it clear theyâre  not fans of Trump .  They  called  him  an âidiot â a âdouche â and a âloathsome human.â After  Trump  made an allusion to  his  penis size during a debate  Page texted â This man  can not be president.â At another point Strzok commented  âGod  Hillary should win 100 000 000-0.ââ They both said they were concerned that  Trump  might actually win  and Strzok remarked  âIâm scared for our organization.â They also criticized a number of Democrats  including Eric Holder  Martin OâMalley  and Bernie Sanders. âI just saw my first Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car â Page wrote in August 2015. âHeâs an idiot like  Trump . Figure they cancel each other out â Strzok replied.
We still know almost nothing about the bigger questions raised by these reports. For starters  what prompted the inspector general to look into top FBI officialsâ private text messages  and why are we hearing about this now? The Times notes itâs âhighly unusualâ for the government to release such documents in the middle of an investigation  and concludes  âBy releasing the texts  the Justice Department has given  Mr. Trump  both a shield and a sword in  his  political battle with Mr. Muellerâs investigators.â
This is all mysterious as hell. Strzok and Page did nothing wrong that we know about. Their political opinions are perfectly OK. The texting all happened last year  long before Strzok ever worked for Robert Mueller. Thereâs apparently no suggestion that they displayed any favoritism in their work. And yet their texts were released and Strzok has been removed from the Trump-Russia investigation. It sure seems as if the public deserves an explanation from FBI Director Christopher Wray.
The latest bit of manufactured outrage from Trumpland involves a pair of FBI agents who apparently enjoyed gossiping about politics during the 2016 campaign. Margaret Hartmann provides the nickel summary:
In the 375 texts shared with Congress  Strzok and Page make it clear  [TGT] They  called   [TGT]   an âidiot â a âdouche â and a âloathsome human.â After   [TGT] made an allusion to  his  penis size during a debate  Page texted â This man  can not be president.â At another point Strzok commented  âGod  Hillary should win 100 000 000-0.ââ They both said they were concerned that   [TGT]   might actually win  and Strzok remarked  âIâm scared for our organization.â They also criticized a number of Democrats  including Eric Holder  Martin OâMalley  and Bernie Sanders. âI just saw my first Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car â Page wrote in August 2015. âHeâs an idiot like  Trump . Figure they cancel each other out â Strzok replied.
We still know almost nothing about the bigger questions raised by these reports. For starters  what prompted the inspector general to look into top FBI officialsâ private text messages  and why are we hearing about this now? The Times notes itâs âhighly unusualâ for the government to release such documents in the middle of an investigation  and concludes  âBy releasing the texts  the Justice Department has given  Mr. Trump  both a shield and a sword in  his  political battle with Mr. Muellerâs investigators.â
This is all mysterious as hell. Strzok and Page did nothing wrong that we know about. Their political opinions are perfectly OK. The texting all happened last year  long before Strzok ever worked for Robert Mueller. Thereâs apparently no suggestion that they displayed any favoritism in their work. And yet their texts were released and Strzok has been removed from the Trump-Russia investigation. It sure seems as if the public deserves an explanation from FBI Director Christopher Wray.