Mueller dismisses FBI agent in probe over anti-Trump texts

Robert Mueller has dismissed FBI agent Peter Strzok (pronounced "Ski" by his friends) from the special counsel for the Justice Department's Russia collusion probe. The reason for the dismissal is reportedly due to anti-Trump tweets, Fox News has confirmed.

Strzok is one of the most experienced and trusted counterintelligence investigators of the agency according to the New York Times, which first reported the story.

The Justice Department's inspector general began examining Strzok's messages when the anti-Trump sentiments came to light. 

"Immediately upon learning of the allegations, the Special Counsel's Office removed Peter Strzok from the investigation," a Mueller spokesman, Peter Carr, confirmed to Fox News.

Thankfully, Brian Ross of ABC News was not involved with the story as he likely would have blamed President Trump for sending anti-Strzok tweets rather than the other way around.

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Strzok also worked on the FBI investigation last year into the possible mishandling of classified information of Hillary Clinton through her use of an illegal private email server which apparently wasn't illegal enough for Comey to recommend an indictment. 

While working on the Clinton investigation, Strzok was allegedly involved in an extra-marital affair with Lisa Page, an FBI attorney who cheats. An article by  Heavy.com lists five facts about the couple that you might want to know.

"Lisa Page completed her brief detail and had returned to the FBI weeks before our office was aware of the allegations," Carr sais in his statement, but it wasn't known to which allegations he was referring--possobly the anti-Trump tweeting.

Strzok was reportedly reassigned over the summer from the Mueller investigation to the FBI's human resources department, a clear demotion akin to being assigned to grease-pit cleaning duty at a Popeye's Restaurant. 

A lawyer for Strzok declined to comment.


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