Sen. Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonSecond GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GOP-led panel to hear from former official who said Burisma was not a factor in US policy The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine, masks MORE (R-Wis.) is asking the Justice Department to turn over additional information about the two FBI officials who sent text messages disparaging President Trump during the election.

Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE on Wednesday called for Justice to turn over more materials related to the messages between FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, including those previously considered missing.

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“I respectfully request that the Department produce all text messages newly recovered, sent or received by Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for the period December 4, 2016 to May 17, 2017,” he wrote.

The Wisconsin senator also requested all records from over a dozen FBI officials from 2015 to the present period related to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonHillicon Valley: FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden | Treasury Dept. sanctions Iranian government-backed hackers The Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden MORE's email server while she served as secretary of State. Johnson named the officials, who include Strzok, Page, former FBI Director James Comey James Brien ComeyTrump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa Graham: Comey to testify about FBI's Russia probe, Mueller declined invitation Barr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' MORE and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who announced he was stepping down from his position on Monday.

"According to the text messages produced to the Committee, Ms. Page and Mr. Strzok make references to communicating with other FBI employees via text message, phone call, email, and voice mail,” Johnson wrote.

He also asked questions focusing on the bureau's phone glitch that initially led to the loss of records, including some of the text messages, for a roughly five-month period on agency-issued devices.

Johnson wrote that he wanted to know whether the FBI knew they had a gap in their records, whether a device glitch had occurred before and whether any of the FBI officials they are seeking records from were also affected by the data loss.

The glitch reportedly affected thousands of mobile phones used by the FBI.

Special counsel Robert Mueller removed Strzok and Page from his ongoing Russia probe last year after an internal investigation revealed that they had sent texts messages criticizing Trump during the election. Other messages were critical of other political figures as well.

Johnson is one of a number of GOP lawmakers to have expressed concern that the Strzok and Page messages reveal a political bias against the president within the top levels of the government.

The FBI further stroked GOP ire when the agency announced some of their records on Strzok and Page were missing.

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced they had successfully recovered the missing texts last month, shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE announced a probe into the missing messages.