FBI agent Peter Strzok was escorted from the FBI’s Washington headquarters amid an ongoing disciplinary process.

According to his lawyer Aitan Goelman, Strzok, who has been a top counterintelligence officer at the FBI for roughly 20 years, was “escorted from the building” — though it is unclear if that means this week or last week — after being “put through a highly questionable process.”

“Pete has complied with every FBI procedure,” said Goelman in a statement, adding that he “continues to be the target of unfounded personal attacks political games and inappropriate information leaks.”

As of Tuesday, Strzok was still an FBI employee, though he has been moved to the Human Resources department in response to fallout of the politically charged messages he exchanged with a fellow FBI employee.

“All of this seriously calls into question the impartiality of the disciplinary process, which now appears stained by political influence,” said Goelman.

Strzok was the deputy assistant director of the counterintelligence division of the FBI, helped lead the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, and led the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Strzok was also part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation from June to July 2017, but he was removed after the special counsel became aware of the messages exchanged with Lisa Page, that were highly critical of then-candidate Donald Trump.

Last week’s watchdog report on the FBI's handling of the Clinton email investigation revealed additional texts critical of Trump. Page asked Strzok, “[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!”

"No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it,” Strzok responded. The report said that Strzok and Page's actions "cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation," but ultimately “did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed.”

Strzok and Page were having an extramarital affair at the time the texts were exchanged. Page was also part of the Clinton and Russia investigations, and resigned from the FBI in May.

The Justice Department’s inspector general referred his findings on Strzok to the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which recommends possible disciplinary measures.

Strzok's messages have become a lightning rod for Republican lawmakers, who say his actions tainted both the Clinton and Russia investigations.

“Why was the FBI’s sick loser, Peter Strzok, working on the totally discredited Mueller team of 13 Angry & Conflicted Democrats, when Strzok was giving Crooked Hillary a free pass yet telling his lover, lawyer Lisa Page, that ‘we’ll stop’ Trump from becoming President?” Trump wrote in a tweet Sunday. “Witch Hunt!”

In a Tuesday op-ed, Goelman wrote that Strzok’s actions to “stop” Trump from becoming president were in the interests of “protecting national security” and “American democracy."

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