Posted on 12/04/2017 2:01:07 PM PST by Mariner
Washington (CNN)A former top counterintelligence expert at the FBI, now at the center of a political uproar for exchanging private messages that appeared to mock President Donald Trump, changed a key phrase in former FBI Director James Comey's description of how former secretary of state Hillary Clinton handled classified information, according to US officials familiar with the matter.
Electronic records show Peter Strzok, who led the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server as the No. 2 official in the counterintelligence division, changed Comey's earlier draft language describing Clinton's actions as "grossly negligent" to "extremely careless," the source said. The drafting process was a team effort, CNN is told, with a handful of people reviewing the language as edits were made, according to another US official familiar with the matter.
The shift from "grossly negligent" to "extremely careless," which may appear pedestrian at first glance, reflected a decision by the FBI that could have had potentially significant legal implications, as the federal law governing the mishandling of classified material establishes criminal penalties for "gross negligence."
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This is the guy who LED the Hillary investigation, changed the language of the unprecedented public admonition, signed off on the original "Russia Investigation" document, recommended the FISA warrants AND was removed for expressing extreme bias against POTUS.
He appears to be the nexus of the swamp coup conspiracy.
I know how to make him talk, though it would all be inadmissible.
Since Strzok’s not a lawyer, I wonder if Strzok made the changes on the recommendation of his lawyer mistress Lisa Page?
I would call that political collusion!
Its open season on her Heinous.
This is the ultimate scapegoat. They are piling everything on this guy and he will disappear. Typical Clinton actions. What about his sex toy girlfriend? Lisa Page was involved in the Anti-Trump texting and was moved off Mueller’s special group. That happened AFTER Strzok. Why is no one digging into her “bias”. I believe she still works for McCabe.
Strzok also interviewed General Flynn. He sounds like a reliable swamp creature.
the dems and CNN want the Clintons gone.
Let’s see if CNN discusses that Flynn’s interrogation was done by this same guy
Clinton crime family got to him somehow(?)
He’s also reportedly the guy who looked over thousand of emails on Weiners laptop in record time.. and found nothing.
BINGO — Review of their communications (both private and on government devices) needs to be done UNDER SUBPOENA and an order to preserve documents needs to be sent to him and his extramarital honey ASAP!
Not only this, but the interview was apparently an ambush interview without any legal representation present for Flynn.
Believe me, the defense lawyers are going crazy over this; if Stzrok was the FBI agent who interviewed Flynn and this led to the charge of perjury for statements Flynn supposedly made to him, I would advise Flynn to withdraw the plea. Or if Strozk coordinated this and other anti-Trump activity with his purported “friend”, the FBI attorney (who was one of the 12 prosecuting attorneys on Mueller’s Clinton-supporting staff), this could bring down the entire “investigation’. No wonder why Mueller didn’t want to provide Nunes’ committee with any of this information which they demanded three months ago and continued to demand repeatedly thereafter; no wonder Mueller runs to the friendly press on a Friday nite hoping that any news associated with Strozk will be overcome by the Flynn guilty plea, the fact it was Friday nite with publication on the weekend when far fewer people pay attention to the news, and to bypass Congress until the weekend when they couldn’t complain as loudly about being brushed off. Plus he got the three months to get his ducks in order on the indictments he was pursuing. This looks very, very dirty and I hope it brings the entire biased “investigation” down like the rotted, corrupt termite ridden wooden structure that it is.
The congressional review needs to take place TODAY, not tomorrow, TODAY, not delivery of FBI docs they demanded three months ago, but the whole damn lot, tonite!. No more stalling by Mueller and the corrupt FBI and their acolytes in the holdover Justice Department.
Indeed, its surprising CNN is talking about it at all.
Otherwise, we have found a Clinton mole. I wonder what else this corrupt FBI bureaucrat has been up during his time at the FBI?
He’s also the guy that told Comey “There’s no proof of intent”, which isn’t in the law.
if i was Flynn..id be in court tomorrow morning to vacate and throw his charge out..no brainer.
#2 at Counter Intelligence means he ran the Department and was involved in ALL OF IT.
Everything.
FISA warrants, unmasking, covering for Hillary, whitewashing the server and weirdo’s laptop, all the high-level interviews.
All of it.
No, remember, he whip-coded up some supah software to strip out duplicates and forwards and replies and such in half an hour.
“””Interesting that “grossly negligent” is a legal standard while “extremely careless” is PR spin”””
You are so right!!!!!
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