Friday, July 13, 2018

5 Takeaways From The Hearing With FBI Counterintel No. 2 Peter Strzok

An embattled FBI official who led investigations into both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump testified in a cantankerous open hearing on the Hill yesterday.

No matter the question, Strzok refused to answer any question about his role in the Russia probe, with almost no exceptions.

The FBI and DOJ frequently instructed Strzok not to answer substantive questions from Republicans.

One line of inquiry pursued by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was regarding communication between the FBI and Fusion GPS, the group that concocted the "Russia" dossier and messaging plan on behalf of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee.

Strzok did admit that Bruce Ohr, husband of Fusion GPS operative Nellie Ohr, funneled documents to the FBI related to the Russia case.

Yesterday, Sen. Chuck Grassley asked DOJ to declassify the dozen reports summarizing Ohr's 12 information-sharing meetings with the FBI. The FBI used Fusion GPS-hired Christopher Steele until the end of October, when he was terminated for lying about his leaks to the media.

The entire investigation has major problems from start to finish, whether it's the use of a dossier that Steele created and Bruce Ohr sent to the FBI, or the fact that Strzok ended up having to be removed from the investigation for his obvious and extreme bias.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/07/13/5-key-takeaways-from-strzok-hearing/

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