FBI texter called prez an ‘idiot’
The FBI agent booted from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation over the agent’s anti-Trump texts called the president an “idiot” and said an Electoral College projection of the president winning was “f--king terrifying,” according to newly released messages.
The texts, released Tuesday, were written by FBI agent Peter Strzok and sent to senior FBI lawyer Lisa Page during the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server.
“I just saw my first Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car,” Page responded to Strzok in one message.
“He’s an idiot like Trump. Figure they cancel each other out,” Strzok responded.
In another message, Strzok referred to Trump as an “enormous douche.”
On Election Day, Strzok referred to an electoral map showing Trump winning the presidency, and called it “f--king terrifying.”
Page responded, “Yeah, that’s not good.”
Strzok also reacted negatively to the possibility of Jeff Sessions becoming Trump’s attorney general.
“Sessions for AG,” Strzok wrote. “Good God.”
In an exchange on Oct. 18, 2016, Strzok wrote: “I am riled up. Trump is an [expletive] idiot, is unable to provide a coherent answer. I CAN’T PULL AWAY. WHAT THE [expletive] HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY??!?!”
Some of the earlier texts were exchanged as the presidential race was in full swing and as Trump and Clinton were looking to defeat their primary challengers and head toward the general election.
The messages cover a range of topics and include an exchange of news articles about the race, often alongside the correspondents’ own commentaries.
The texts, which surfaced in a Justice Department inspector-general investigation into the FBI’s handling of the Clinton inquiry, were provided to congressional committees.
Page had already ended her assignment with Mueller when the texts came to light.
Nonetheless, Trump and other Republicans have held up the revelation to suggest that members of Mueller’s team, and members of the FBI leadership in general, are politically compromised.
FBI boss Christopher Wray tacitly rebuked the president last week at a hearing, where Wray defended his agents.