Newly disclosed text messages and internal notes show FBI agents were so concerned about their agency's effort to undermine President Trump that they bought personal liability insurance to protect themselves, the Federalist reported.
The agents bought the insurance less than two weeks before the 2017 inauguration, according to court filings submitted by Sidney Powell, the lawyer leading Michael Flynn's defense team.
The texts, the Federalist reported, show the agents "Were worried about how a new attorney general might view the actions taken against Trump during the investigation. Shortly after then-Sen. Jeff Sessions was confirmed to be Trump's new attorney general, congressional Democrats, media, and Obama holdovers within DOJ immediately moved to force Sessions to recuse himself from overseeing the department's investigations against Trump."
The Federalist reported the messages in the court filing also showed the agents were "Consumed with conspiracy theories rather than evidence."
"One of the agents noted in a text message that the NSLs were just being used as a pretext by FBI leadership to buy time to find dirt on Flynn after the first investigation of him yielded no derogatory information," the report said.
The Federalist reported the text message "Show agents believed the investigation was being run by FBI officials who were in the tank for Hillary Clinton."
One agent texted about Trump's claim that the FBI delayed briefings "So they could cook up evidence against him."
Saturday, September 26, 2020
FBI agents bought personal liability insurance amid dubious Russia probe
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