The FBI's top counterintelligence agent, Bill Priestap, originally wanted controversial FBI agent Peter Strzok removed from the team investigating unsubstantiated claims of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the recently released Justice Department's Inspector General report revealed.
Priestap's request was overruled by former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who served under disgraced ex-FBI chief James Comey, the report further related.
The report related that Steinbach was particularly concerned "About Strzok and Lisa Page working together because he was aware of instances where they bypassed the chain of command to advise McCabe about case related information that had not been provided to Priestap or Steinbach."
The IG report relates that Priestap and Steinbach "Said they did not know why McCabe kept Strzok assigned to the investigation."
Strzok told the OIG he did not ask McCabe to keep him on the investigation and does not know whether Lisa Page requested Strzok remain on the investigation in conversations with McCabe.
A separate 2018 Justice Department IG report on the FBI's Hillary Clinton probe described an extraordinary system of communication set up between Page and McCabe that bypassed the ordinary chain of command to communicate important information about the agency's probe of Clinton's email server.
The method of communication involved Strzok, who was romantically involved with Page, sending information on the Clinton probe to McCabe through Page, the report found.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/19/ig-report-reveals-fbi-big-wanted-peter-strzok-removed-from-russia-hoax-probe/
Priestap's request was overruled by former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who served under disgraced ex-FBI chief James Comey, the report further related.
The report related that Steinbach was particularly concerned "About Strzok and Lisa Page working together because he was aware of instances where they bypassed the chain of command to advise McCabe about case related information that had not been provided to Priestap or Steinbach."
The IG report relates that Priestap and Steinbach "Said they did not know why McCabe kept Strzok assigned to the investigation."
Strzok told the OIG he did not ask McCabe to keep him on the investigation and does not know whether Lisa Page requested Strzok remain on the investigation in conversations with McCabe.
A separate 2018 Justice Department IG report on the FBI's Hillary Clinton probe described an extraordinary system of communication set up between Page and McCabe that bypassed the ordinary chain of command to communicate important information about the agency's probe of Clinton's email server.
The method of communication involved Strzok, who was romantically involved with Page, sending information on the Clinton probe to McCabe through Page, the report found.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/19/ig-report-reveals-fbi-big-wanted-peter-strzok-removed-from-russia-hoax-probe/
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