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Strzok’s Texts And The Clinton-Trump Investigations — A Definitive Timeline

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The release of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s text messages has touched off a partisan debate in Washington over whether his anti-Trump and pro-Hillary Clinton comments undermine his work on the Clinton email as well as the Russia investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Republicans argue that Strzok’s texts, which he exchanged last year with Lisa Page, his mistress who also worked on the Mueller team, mar his work on both of those investigations. Democrats are downplaying the exchanges and accusing Republicans of hyping texts in order to protect Trump from Mueller.

Strzok’s texts do show that he made politically-charged comments right in the midst of his work leading both the Clinton and Russia investigations. Here is a definitive timeline of his investigative work, the text messages, and developments in both the Clinton email and Trump collusion investigations:

July 10, 2015 — FBI opens the Clinton email investigation in response to a referral from the Intelligence Community Inspector General.

Feb. 27, 2016 — Strzok interviews Jake Sullivan, a former Clinton State Department aide and adviser to her campaign.

March 2 — Asked by Page who he planned to vote for, Strzok replied: “I suppose Hillary.”

March 4 — Strzok writes to Page of Trump: “Omg he’s an idiot.” He says that a Trump victory in the GOP primaries will be “good for Hillary.” (RELATED: FBI Agent Praised Hillary While He Was Leading Investigation Into Her Emails)

“God Hillary should win. 100,000,000-0,” Strzok writes.

April — The law firm for the Clinton campaign and DNC hires opposition research firm Fusion GPS to investigate Trump. Fusion would go on to hire Christopher Steele, the former British spy who authored the infamous dossier.

April 5 — Strzok interviews Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

April 9 — Strzok interviews Clinton aide Cheryl Mills.

See the full timeline on The Daily Caller


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