Posted on 07/12/2018 6:49:23 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Hearing begins at 10AM EST:
Live Coverage: Peter Strzok Questioned by Members of Congress
House lawmakers are poised to question Peter Strzok on Thursday in what is sure to be a lengthy, tense standoff between Republicans and the FBI agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference.
Strzok has been in Republicans' sights for several months after a Justice Department inspector general investigation revealed that he exchanged text messages before the 2016 election that were critical of Donald Trump with Lisa Page, a former FBI lawyer with whom he was having an affair at the time.
Mueller promptly removed Strzok from the Russia investigation when the messages were revealed, but Republicans have zeroed in on him as key to uncovering what they allege was systemic FBI bias against Trump during the election. Democrats, meanwhile, have cast the effort as a politically-driven charade.
Lawmakers questioned Strzok behind closed doors late last month — now, those on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will have the opportunity to question him publicly.
Strzok is under subpoena to testify before the committees in the public hearing.
Strzok plans to call scrutiny ‘another notch in Putin’s belt’
8:30 a.m.
Strzok reportedly plans to tell lawmakers that the focus on his anti-Trump text messages is aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Associated Press, which reviewed prepared remarks Strzok is expected to deliver, reported that the FBI agent will defend himself against the intense scrutiny from GOP lawmakers by saying his work has been free of political bias.
“Let me be clear, unequivocally and under oath: not once in my 26 years of defending my nation did my personal opinions impact any official action I took,” Strzok will say, according to the AP.
He is expected to tell lawmakers that Congress’s focus on his actions and text messages “is just another victory notch in Putin’s belt and another milestone in our enemies’ campaign to tear America apart.”
ETC...
He’s giving a text book performance in how to be a smug condescending douchebag.
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You can say that again. It makes me sick that we-the-people are giving this walking sack of shit a paycheck.
I can’t remember the last time I saw someone lie so blatantly. The bs is written all over his face.
He was walked out of the FBI a few weeks ago. Is he still working there or on a paid vacation?
Maybe he was taking Ambien.
STRZOK, like Comey, is a real Boy Scout.
Yes siree, butter melts in his mouth.
He’s Mom, Apple pie, ice cream and baseball.
Pay no attention to his texts! He can explain all!
He was and is, a loyal FBI agent!
Never mind his extra-marital affair, (which is a cause for dismissal, by the way).
Never did his personal feelings influence his official actions.
Try making that case when you were investigating/prosecuting a black person and then we find your texts filled with the n-word. Then say that your personal feelings had no influence on your official actions. Mr. Cummings, Ms. Jackson-Lee - you would happily accept that, right??
I agree. He's a liar.
Peter's wife must be a fool or so beaten down by his arrogance that she doesn't leave. I know one thing the American people aren't going to buy his BS... we're not a 'beaten down' wife...
He remains gainfully employed.
Stated today that he works in Human Resources.
His official status at the FBI matters little to me.
What matters to me is how much has he divulged to investogators after being squeezed?
He never considered recusing himself!
Maybe someone is paying her to ‘stand by her man’.
"I don't recall what I meant by that text" then the next breath "explains" what he meant.
He was removed because of the texts.Turning beet red.
Political thought is protected.
His wife has stayed with him?
Sad!
We either crush this bureaucratic rebellion or live under their thumb. Inaction is creating an American Gestapo.
That's exactly what it is, and misfits to that are rejected. Superiority, and you peons better not ever forget it.
-- The FBI was meddling in our elections. They wanted to overthrow our free elections. --
You sound like that's unusual or something. These institutions have always meddled in the political process, by various means. Government is all about politics. When a government institution claims to be above poltics, it is flat out lying.
Wow. He’s arguing that his political speech is “encouraged,” and yet his political speech didn’t enter into his job.
BTW, he was texting during working hours.
Strzok's clueless about who he is... and the girly man sitting behind him thinks Peter Strzok is winning this one. That tells me the toxic 'group think' in that organization is off the rails.
Pathetic.
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