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December 12, 2017
Strzok/Page Texts Are Maybe Worse Than You Guessed
Even CBS can't spin this one:
At one point, Page wrote to Strzok, "I just saw my first Bernie Sander bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car." Strzok replied, "He's an idiot like Trump. Figure they cancel each other out."
Strzok says of Mr. Trump that he's "awful" and "an idiot."
On Election Day, Strzok expressed his dismay at seeing a map showing Mr. Trump winning -- he called it "f*****g terrifying," and a week after the election, Strzok and Page were also alarmed to see that Jeff Sessions was likely to be named attorney general.
"Sessions for AG," Strzok texted, along with a profanity. Page replied, "Good god."
Here are some of the texts discovered just so far:
And here's the smoking gun -- so far. It might get worse.
More:
This doesn't sound like an adulterous couple who should have been permitted to work on either the Clinton or Trump matters.
Oh, Wow: From Chuck Ross, Fusion GPS confirms that (now former) Assistant AG Bruce Ohr's wife was hired to work on the Trump oppo file; Ross also reports that it was Bruce Ohr who requested the meeting with Fusion head Glenn Simpson -- to talk about the Trump oppo file.
And to strategize, is my guess.
And more...