FBI fires agent who criticized president
WASHINGTON — Peter Strzok, the FBI senior counterintelligence agent who disparaged President Trump in inflammatory text messages and helped oversee the Hillary Clinton email and Russia investigations, was fired for violating bureau policies, Strzok’s lawyer said Monday.
Trump and his allies seized on the text messages — exchanged during the 2016 campaign with a former FBI lawyer, Lisa Page — in assailing the Russia investigation as an illegitimate “witch hunt.” Strzok was a key figure in the early months of the inquiry.
Aitan Goelman, his lawyer, confirmed Strzok’s dismissal.