WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired Special Agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until officials discovered he had been sending anti-Trump texts with colleague Lisa Page.

Strzok’s lawyer Aitan Goelman said, “This isn’t the normal process in any way more than name.”–“This decision should be deeply troubling to all Americans.”

BREAKING: FBI fires Peter Strzok over anti-Trump text messages – Washington Post — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 13, 2018

In June and July 2017, Strzok worked on Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation into any links or coordination between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government. Mueller removed Strzok from the Russia investigation when Mueller became aware of criticisms of Trump contained in personal text messages exchanged between Strzok and Page.

In early August 2016, after Page asked Strzok, “[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!”, Strzok responded: “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it.”

Strzok was also the Chief of the Counterespionage Section and led the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server.

As of 2018, Strzok had been a career employee with the FBI for 22 years.

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