WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s watchdog found no evidence the FBI intentionally destroyed text messages of two former FBI officials involved in the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
Instead, the inspector general faulted an FBI-wide software failure that has resulted in large portions of FBI text messages not being archived.
Thursday’s report examines a gap in messages from December 2016 through May 2017 from the phones of former FBI agent Peter Strzok and ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page. The FBI ultimately managed to recover thousands of the messages.
Some congressional Republicans had suggested the messages were intentionally deleted. The inspector general report says there’s no evidence Strzok and Page circumvented protocol.
Strzok was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after anti-Trump texts were discovered. He has since been fired. Page resigned.
So you’re saying that yet another right-wing conspiracy theory and smear campaign was complete bullshit? Quelle suprise!!
Fake DOJ! Fake DOJ!
I am shocked to learn that yet another rumor from the right-wing swamp turned out to be completely baseless. Next, you’ll be telling us that Ted Cruz’s father was not involved with the Kennedy assassination.
Awww…I hate it when detective shows take the “rot goes all the way to the Top!!” turn. No one can be trusted, etc. it ends badly for a Trump tho, conspirators. It always does.
I’m sure this will only further the Q conspiracy minded.
They just happened to have system failure right in the middle of another Hillary investigation. Just more evidence of deep state involvement.