No, there are other sources both contemporaneous at the time of his transfer and currently.
August 16, 2017A top FBI investigator has unexpectedly stepped away from special counsel Mueller's Russia probe
"Strzok's departure also came one week after The Washington Post reported that Mueller had obtained a search warrant to raid the home of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. The Post report cited "people familiar with the search," prompting questions about whether anyone on Mueller's team had leaked the existence of the search warrant to the Post."
And the info he supposedly leaked was the story of the SWAT-ike Manafort raid, that was politically very damaging to Mueller? For what supposed purpose?
Pretty obvious. To intimidate other future subjects of interest. The leak was meant to demonstrate that the Mueller team was playing hardball and would go to any length to get at the "truth." Such actions could also spook other targets under surveillance to take actions like destroying possible incriminating evidence.
As far as being politically damaging to Mueller, there was very little outcry from the MSM about the treatment of Manafort. In fact, there were indications that Mueller was doing his job. There was very little sympathy for Manafort who was characterized as a slimeball who advocated for the Russians in Ukraine and was involved in possible money laundering. Bottom line: Manafort got what he deserved. No MSM push back on the protection of civil liberties. Instead, the MSM was gloating about the treatment of Manafort and viewed it as a sign of his guilt.
These two examples hardly qualify as corroboration for the True Pundit story, in my opinion, but I appreciate you finding what you did. Apparently True Pundit remains alone in their specific assertion that a leak is why Strzok was fired from Mueller's team, unless you or others have more to add. And, this is an important distinction, as it appears others on Mueller's team may be guilty of simply sending biased messages around to associates.
To intimidate other future subjects of interest. The leak was meant to demonstrate that the Mueller team was playing hardball and would go to any length to get at the "truth."
A fair point, but again in my opinion it blew up in their face, in the court of public opinion, where any trial of Trump will primarily be judged. They should have known how that would be viewed, to anyone besides the most liberal partisan. You don't normally go kicking the doors in to people's homes before dawn unless you think theiy're armed and dangerous.
As far as being politically damaging to Mueller, there was very little outcry from the MSM about the treatment of Manafort. In fact, there were indications that Mueller was doing his job. There was very little sympathy for Manafort who was characterized as a slimeball who advocated for the Russians in Ukraine and was involved in possible money laundering. Bottom line: Manafort got what he deserved.
What the media hopes the public will believe based on their slanted reporting, and what the public ultimately believes are not usually the same, see Roy Moore as Exhibit A. So we're still not finding much agreement, but thanks again for your lengthy response.