FBI Agent Peter Strzok Indicates Willingness To Testify Before Congress

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team after sending anti-Trump text messages says he is willing to testify before Congress.

A lawyer for Peter Strzok (STRUCK) told House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte in a letter Sunday that his client is willing to testify before his panel or any other committee that invites him.

Strzok was criticized in a recent Justice Department inspector general report for creating an appearance of conflict because of text messages he traded with another FBI employee.

Strzok was involved in the Hillary Clinton email investigation and was later added to Mueller’s team. He was removed last summer once the messages were discovered.

His lawyer, Aitan Goelman, has said bias didn’t affect his client’s investigative decisions.

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  1. Upon seeing this news, Nunes did a spit take and then spontaneously combusted.

  2. If only it were true

  3. Avatar for outis outis says:

    And unlike Trump, who keeps saying that he wants to be interviewed by Mueller, Strzok apparently actually means it.

  4. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    What do you want to bet they’ll try to arrange a closed-door interview from which only the committee chairs get to leak cherry-picked tidbits?

  5. Yeah, they guy showed bad judgement texting on government phones. Two slaps on the wrist and one demerit.

    Let’s get the phone records of the NY FBI field office released. Let’s see what they texted.

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