Newly released texts between FBI lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page appear to reveal that the two floated the idea of opening up an obstruction of justice case against Donald Trump for supposedly interfering with the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation that was investigating supposed Russian collusion with his campaign.
Such a charge wouldn’t make sense logically for a number of reasons. First, the FBI investigation simply became the Mueller Special Counsel after James Comey was fired (so it obstructed nothing). Second, Strzok and Page were well aware that Russian collusion narrative was a myth. Bringing such charges would only make sense if the goal was to destroy Donald Trump.
According to Fox News:
Two hours after Comey’s termination became public on May 9, 2017, Strzok, a now-former FBI agent, texted Page,: “We need to open the case we’ve been waiting on now while Andy is acting.” “Andy” is a reference to then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe who temporarily took over the bureau until Christopher Wray was confirmed as director in August 2017.
Page, a former FBI attorney, replied to Strzok: “We need to lock in (redacted). In a formal chargeable way. Soon.”Strzok concurred. “I agree. I’ve been pushing and I’ll reemphasize with Bill,” believed to be Bill Priestap, the head of the FBI’s counterintelligence division.
Page recently told investigators that at the time Mueller’s special counsel began, there still wasn’t any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Right after the initial FBI investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia began, Strzok told Page that President Donald Trump would never become president, because “We’ll stop it.” Strzok and Page leaked information to the press prior to and after the election to help push a narrative of Russian collusion. The lack of actual collusion was irrelevant – it’s the narrative that mattered in trying to thwart Trump.
That fiction didn’t stop Trump from becoming president, but the firing of James Comey allowed for the emergence of a new narrative; that Trump only fired Comey because he was guilty, not because he oversaw witch hunt. Given that we still have no evidence of collusion, clearly the former isn’t the case. Regardless, Strzok and Page’s texts show that they, and potentially others at the FBI, wanted to use Comey’s firing to try to pursue obstruction of justice charges.
“Lisa Page Testimony- NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BEFORE MUELLER APPOINTMENT.” @FoxNews by Catherine Herridge. Therefore, the case should never have been allowed to be brought. It is a totally illegal Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2018
Immediately after Comey’s firing Peter Strzok texted to his lover, Lisa Page “We need to Open the case we’ve been waiting on now while Andy (McCabe, also fired) is acting. Page answered, “We need to lock in (redacted). In a formal chargeable way. Soon.” Wow, a conspiracy caught?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2018
Even if Trump were guilty of obstructing anything, it would be of obstructing a witch hunt. Strzok and Page were well aware of that, and it shows that they were looking to put Trump in a “heads I win, tails you lose” situation when it came to supposed Russian collusion.
