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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,015 posts) Tue Jan 23, 2018, 09:57 PM Jan 2018

U.S. attorney general Sessions orders probe of FBI agents' text messages

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered an investigation into missing text messages exchanged between two Federal Bureau of Investigation staffers who are accused of expressing views against President Donald Trump, the Justice Department has confirmed.

Texts between FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page exchanged between Dec. 14, 2016, and May 17, 2017, are among a broader batch of missing phone messages that the FBI's system failed to store due to a software upgrade glitch on many Samsung 5 cell phones.

Republicans have said the texts, which referred to Trump as an “idiot” and a “loathsome human,” raise concerns the FBI is biased against Trump and may have given Hillary Clinton, his Democratic presidential rival, favorable treatment after deciding not to recommend criminal charges in connection with the investigation of her use of a private email system while she was secretary of state.

Strzok and Page were involved in that investigation and were briefly assigned to work with special counsel Robert Mueller on the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-attorney-general-orders-probe-of-fbi-agents-text-messages/ar-AAv4Q1F?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=edgsp

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U.S. attorney general Sessions orders probe of FBI agents' text messages (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 OP

Another worthless investigation. Iliyah Jan 2018 #1

Tick tock. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2018 #4

If they want documentation of people calling Trump an 'idiot' C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #2

A thorough investigation of text messages between agents disparaging Hillary will be forthcoming, Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #3

what's just a little more obstruction of justice? spanone Jan 2018 #5

Another e-ghazi! L. Coyote Jan 2018 #6

When will they deploy the alien mind probe ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #7

If the texts are missing ... GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #8

Strzok said that the Trump Russia investigation was a waste of time Nevernose Jan 2018 #9

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

1. Another worthless investigation.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:00 PM

Jan 2018

Session knows his time is up.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

4. Tick tock.

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:50 PM

Jan 2018

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

2. If they want documentation of people calling Trump an 'idiot'

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:04 PM

Jan 2018

Well, Google comes back with 14,500,000 examples.
Maybe Sessions would be better off investigating whether
the President is indeed an idiot.

Freethinker65

(10,023 posts)

3. A thorough investigation of text messages between agents disparaging Hillary will be forthcoming,

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:20 PM

Jan 2018

NOT!

spanone

(135,844 posts)

5. what's just a little more obstruction of justice?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:54 PM

Jan 2018

the weaponization of politics

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

6. Another e-ghazi!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:55 PM

Jan 2018

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

7. When will they deploy the alien mind probe

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:57 PM

Jan 2018

to discover who is a loyal tRumpist and who isn't?

Come on, you know tRump has made inquiries into all the alien tech stored at Area 51.

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

8. If the texts are missing ...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 11:00 PM

Jan 2018

how do Republicans know what they say?

Republicans have said the texts, which referred to Trump as an “idiot” and a “loathsome human,” raise concerns the FBI is biased against Trump and may have given Hillary Clinton, his Democratic presidential rival, favorable treatment after deciding not to recommend criminal charges in connection with the investigation of her use of a private email system while she was secretary of state.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)

9. Strzok said that the Trump Russia investigation was a waste of time

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 11:03 PM

Jan 2018

That there was no evidence and he didn’t want to be part of the investigation.

Funny how when Republicans on Faux News rant about the deep state FBI they always forget to mention that particular exchange of texts.

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