Text messages obtained by The Federalist show that Peter Strzok and Lisa Page conspired to collude with Judge Rudolph Contreras, a FISA judge who presided over Michael Flynn's guilty plea and was later removed from the case.
In the messages, Page and Strzok, who are rumored to have been engaged in an illicit romantic affair, discussed Strzok's personal friendship with Contreras and how to leverage that relationship in ongoing counterintelligence matters.
While working as one of the top counterintelligence officials at the FBI, Strzok reportedly took part in the FBI's interview of Flynn on January 24.
Strzok later left the FBI to join Mueller's special counsel team, which obtained the indictment of Flynn.
On December 5, 2017, Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray demanding text messages from Strzok as well as any notes he took regarding his interviews with Flynn.
Contreras' office declined to comment on inquiries asking about his relationship with Strzok, or why he was not recused from the Flynn case until after he had accepted Flynn's guilty plea.
The pre-existing relationship between Strzok and Contreras and Contreras' mysterious recusal from the Flynn case, forced or otherwise, raise serious questions about whether Flynn's case, among others, was properly conducted.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/16/revealed-peter-strzok-had-personal-relationship-with-recused-judge-in-michael-flynn-case/
In the messages, Page and Strzok, who are rumored to have been engaged in an illicit romantic affair, discussed Strzok's personal friendship with Contreras and how to leverage that relationship in ongoing counterintelligence matters.
While working as one of the top counterintelligence officials at the FBI, Strzok reportedly took part in the FBI's interview of Flynn on January 24.
Strzok later left the FBI to join Mueller's special counsel team, which obtained the indictment of Flynn.
On December 5, 2017, Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray demanding text messages from Strzok as well as any notes he took regarding his interviews with Flynn.
Contreras' office declined to comment on inquiries asking about his relationship with Strzok, or why he was not recused from the Flynn case until after he had accepted Flynn's guilty plea.
The pre-existing relationship between Strzok and Contreras and Contreras' mysterious recusal from the Flynn case, forced or otherwise, raise serious questions about whether Flynn's case, among others, was properly conducted.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/16/revealed-peter-strzok-had-personal-relationship-with-recused-judge-in-michael-flynn-case/
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