In texts, FBI agents on Russia probe called Trump an 'idiot'

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By JOSH GERSTEIN 12/12/2017 09:30 PM EST Updated 12/12/2017 09:40 PM EST

Two FBI agents assigned to the investigation into alleged collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia exchanged text messages referring to the future president as an "idiot," according to copies of messages turned over to Congress Tuesday night by the Justice Department.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller removed one of the agents, Peter Strzok, from the Russia probe "immediately" after learning of the texts in late July, the department said in a letter to lawmakers. The other agent, Lisa Page, had already ended her assignment to Mueller's office.

Copies of the messages obtained by POLITICO show the pair reacting to various developments as the presidential race unfolded and that their reaction to Trump was negative from early on.

“I just saw my first Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car," Page wrote in an August 2015 exchange. “He’s an idiot like Trump. Figure they cancel each other out,” Strzok replied.



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[NewJeffCT]

1. and?

half of Trump's staff, if not more, has called him an idiot, moron or worse

[liberal_patriot_md]

2. People cant have opinions in private?

How did these private messages even get discovered?

[EllieBC]

3. Well, he is.

So they weren't lying. I'm pretty sure half his staff thinks he is an idiot as well.

[humbled_opinion]

4. So is it a crime to state the obvious?

[State the Obvious]

12. No. The "crime" is when we don't speak up. nt

[olddad56]

5. what person in their right mind has not referred to the idiot as an idiot.

[mdbl]

6. my thought exactly

he throws his lunacy and idiocy right in our faces. You'd have to be blind and deaf not to notice it.

[Roy Rolling]

7. I'm no Legal Expert, but...

It's a crime to lie to an FBI Agent, so they are obligated to tell the 100% truth. Calling Trump an idiot is just doing their job.

[LisaL]

8. That's a misleading headline.

He actually called Bernie an idiot per the text in the OP. He only implied that Trump was an idiot.

[mr_lebowski]

14. Welcome to our 'liberal media' ... as if you weren't already here for the past 20+ years ...

[sfwriter]

9. In other news, they called the sky blue and water wet...

Not really a surprise.

[OliverQ]

11. This is bad, because like that guy that guy removed from the team

this gives Republicans and Fox more ammo to call for Mueller's removal due to bias.

[wishstar]

13. Not very concerning since both agents were no longer with Mueller's team after July

Mueller has promptly made changes when any potential problems have come to light regarding his team.