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Peter Strzok & Lisa Page Texts & FBI’s Trump/Russia Investigation Origins | National Review
The White House Is Running This
Strzok was back in Washington by 7 p.m., in a cab headed to FBI headquarters. His texts with Page, then and the next afternoon, discussed the various other high-ranking officials who had to be briefed including Bill Priestap and George Toscas, the deputy attorney general in charge of the Justice Departments National Security Division.
On the afternoon of August 5, Strzok and Page engaged in a tense conversation which involved an imminent meeting with agency people an apparent reference to the CIA. Strzok suggested that, for the new case, they should conduct Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning meetings with [REDACTED] just like we did with mye Mid Year Exam, the Clinton probe.
Finally, after some back-and-forth over who should be invited to a major meeting about the new case, a meeting was held. In the aftermath, at about 4:30 p.m., Strzok and Page had the following exchange:
Strzok: And hi. Went well, best we could have expected. Other than [REDACTED] quote: the White House is running this. My answer, well, maybe for you they are. And of course, I was planning on telling this guy, thanks for coming, weve got an hour, but with Bill [Priestap] there, Ive got no control
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Page: Yeah, whatever (re the WH comment). Weve got the emails that say otherwise.
It would be interesting to know what is in the emails that apparently clarify how the Obama administration divided responsibility for running the Trump-Russia investigation. Just like it would be interesting to know what is behind all the many redactions in these texts about how and why the Trump-Russia investigation got started.
- On what basis has the Justice Department concealed passages and references to government officials from these significant conversations?
- Are Justice and the Bureau claiming that the redactions are necessary because the information is classified even though were talking about communications between highly trained intelligence officials?
- And if that is the claim, are they telling us that Hillary Clinton was investigated and given a pass for the unauthorized transmission of classified information by FBI officials who were themselves actively engaged in the unauthorized transmission of classified information?
The Strzok-Page texts rate a lot more attention, and a lot more transparency.