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Watching FBI agent Peter Strzok battle with Congress, my initial reaction was pure anger. His repeated, arrogant insistence that he had done nothing wrong despite tons of evidence to the contrary convinced me he deserved immediate firing — if not the firing squad. Gradually, though, anger gave way to amazement as Strzok grew increasingly combative and condescending. Given his predicament, the sneering and smirking were stupid, and yet he persisted. Who is this jerk, I wondered, and how in the hell did he get to be a big shot at the FBI? And why are taxpayers still paying for the...

The lengths to which the FBI relied on the Hillary Clinton opposition research dossier to investigate her political rival came into sharper focus with the testimony of the lead investigator, FBI agent Peter Strzok. Mr. Strzok told a joint House committee last week that the FBI received from Associate Attorney General Bruce Ohr a raft of documents — including sections of the anti-Trump dossier — during the investigation into Russia election interference. The first-time disclosure is significant because it confirms an unusual and continuing channel for collusion accusations that started outside the government with anti-Trump people and reached Mr. Ohr...

FULL TITLE: Rep. Ratcliffe: Lisa Page’s Testimony Has ‘Significant Differences’ from Strzok’s on ‘Important Material Facts’ “I think there are significant differences between their testimony about important material facts,” Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) said Monday, comparing the testimonies of former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and her former love and colleague, FBI agent Peter Strzok. Page’s testimony Monday in a closed-door House hearing was far more cooperative and informative that that of Strzok, who testified in a contentious hearing last week, LifeZette quotes Ratcliffe saying: “I think there are significant differences between their testimony about important material facts,” Ratcliffe said. “I...

If you’re the kind of person who finds congressional hearings exciting already, Thursday’s Peter Strzok hearing was a little bit like throwing in a Red Bull or three with your morning chai latte and then sticking a fork in the kitchen socket.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) explained the pivotal piece of the puzzle about the origins of the Russian investigation that was revealed by Peter Strzok in his testimony before Congress Thursday. Jordan explained that the justification of the Russian investigation came from flawed documents including the “Trump dossier” that was created through the efforts of Democrat-linked entities like Fusion GPS. “Today, think about that, the top DOJ official Bruce Ohr actually hands parts of the dossier to the FBI,” Rep. Jordan told Sean Hannity on his show Thursday. “And remember Bruce Ohr’s wife Nellie worked for Fusion GPS, who was paid...

Video at link. Peter Strzok of the FBI (Screen Capture) (CNSNews.com) - FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who worked on the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the investigation of possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign testified under oath in a congressional hearing on Thursday that FBI agents can engage in some types of adultery. Strzok was asked “what action” he would take if he found out one of his subordinates was conducting an “extramarital affair.” “It depends,” said Strzok. “If it was against the FBI’s regulation in terms of if it was somebody in their chain of command, above...

Great TV. Dems seek to close House hearing with Strzok. The House investigation into Strzok's FBI behavior is in chaos. Dems trying every trick in the book to dismiss the hearing. Nadler and Lee are leading the circus. Words have no meaning according to Dems. Gowdey getting spooled up.

Agent will testify before Congress [at 10:00 a.m. today, July 12] on anti-Trump text messages that ‘cast a cloud’ over bureau’s Russia and Clinton probes.

A member of the House Committee on the Judiciary said during a hearing Thursday that a government watchdog found that nearly all of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails were sent to a foreign entity and that the FBI didn’t follow-up on that finding.The Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) found an “anomaly on Hillary Clinton’s emails going through their private server, and when they had done the forensic analysis, they found that her emails, every single one except four, over 30,000, were going to an address that was not on the distribution list,” Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas...