Anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok was grilled today in Congress:
House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members grilled embattled, anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as he attempted to explain his vehement bias against President Donald Trump, his senior role in the alleged Trump-Russia collusion investigation, and the exoneration of Hillary Clinton for her use of a private server while she was Secretary of State.
Strzok, who evaded a subpoena from House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), voluntarily appeared at the hearing. Thousands of Strzok’s anti-Trump text messages, which he exchanged with former FBI lawyer and his paramour, Lisa Page, sparked anger from Republicans (and criticism from some Democrats) who contend that senior members of the FBI utilized their power and political leanings to target Trump both before and after the 2016 election.
And…
Freedom Caucus member, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)-who was also in attendance- told SaraACarter.com, “It was a waste—Strzok is full of it and he kept hiding behind [the] classified information excuse.”
Strzok is DONE. A little more than 11 hours in unclassified and classified interviews. He did not respond to questions on his way out pic.twitter.com/GQMmC2aWCl
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) June 28, 2018
Goodlatte said it wasn’t Strzok, but the FBI lawyer telling him not to answer questions:
.@RepGoodlatte on the hearing with embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok: "Unfortunately the FBI counsel in the room has instructed Mr. Strzok not to answer many, many questions." #TheStory https://t.co/QmCjKfMzrr pic.twitter.com/0EGBO71t6h
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 27, 2018
And now the Dems want his testimony to be released without redactions:
Nadler and Cummings call on Goodlatte and Gowdy to release transcript of unclassified Peter Strzok interview: “We believe the American people should be allowed to see today’s unclassified transcript so they can see the Republicans’ desperation for themselves.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 28, 2018
Will Republicans do it?
Ironically, Trump was calling for the testimony to be televised:
President Trump calls for live, televised Peter Strzok hearing pic.twitter.com/bBWEPFak5a
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 26, 2018
There you go.