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Senator Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, releases additional text messages between FBI Agent Peter Strzok and FBI Attorney Lisa Page as they worked to exonerate Hillary Clinton in 2016. The FBI was investigating presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her unlawful use of email systems that were outside government systems. She used a private server and private hardware to work around government oversight. In the aftermath of the discovery the Clinton team worked to avoid congressional oversight discovering classified information communicated and stored on her servers. The FBI was investigating the issue. However, a small group of top level officials and investigators were sympathetic to Mrs. Clinton and supported her presidential aspirations. In 2017 and 2018 the oversight discoveries are showing how the FBI intentionally worked to exonerate Mrs. Clinton despite overwhelming evidence of her guilt. The discoveries of the FBI corruption include their own communication, emails and text messages, showing the plan to use their offices to manipulate the justice system. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., along with majority staff from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is releasing the texts, along with a report titled, “The Clinton Email Scandal and the FBI's Investigation of it.” The newly uncovered texts reveal a bit more about the timing of the discovery of "hundreds of thousands" of emails on former Congressman Anthony Weiner's laptop, ultimately leading to Comey's infamous letter to Congress just days before the 2016 presidential election. On Sept. 28, 2016, Strzok wrote to Page, "Got called up to Andy's [McCabe] earlier.. hundreds of thousands of emails turned over by Weiner's atty to sdny [Southern District of New York], includes a ton of material from spouse [Huma Abedin]. Sending team up tomorrow to review... this will never end." According to the Senate report, this text message raises questions about when FBI officials learned of emails relevant to the Hillary Clinton email investigation on the laptop belonging to Weiner, the husband to Clinton aide Huma Abedin. It was a full month later, on Oct. 28, 2016, when Comey informed Congress that, "Due to recent developments," the FBI was re-opening its Clinton email investigation. "In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday..." Comey said at the time. The question becomes why Comey was only informed by his investigative team on Oct. 27, if the Clinton emails on Weiner’s laptop were discovered by Sept. 28, at the latest. Other texts show more examples of the officials' opposition to Trump. On Election Day 2016, Page wrote, "OMG THIS IS F***ING TERRIFYING." Strzok replied, "Omg, I am so depressed." Later that month, on Nov. 13, 2016, Page wrote, "I bought all the president's men. Figure I need to brush up on watergate." The next day, Nov. 14, 2016, Page wrote, “God, being here makes me angry. Lots of high fallutin’ national security talk. Meanwhile we have OUR task ahead of us.” Page’s meaning here is unclear, but according to the Senate report, coupled with Strzok’s Aug. 15 text about an “insurance policy,” further investigation is warranted to find out what actions the two may have taken. The last text is from Page to Strzok, and comes on June 23, 2017, when she wrote, "Please don't ever text me again." It's unclear whether she was mad at her friend, or if she suddenly became aware that they, and their thousands of texts, had been discovered.