As The Washington Post reported in December, Strzok was removed from the Trump probe after internal investigators discovered he and Page, who were romantically involved , exchanged anti-Trump, pro-Clinton texts during investigations of both presidential candidates. [Top FBI official assigned to Mueller’s Russia probe said to have been removed after sending anti-Trump texts]Johnson’s weekend letter said his committee received 384 pages of new Strzok-Page texts late Friday. The lawmaker is asking the FBI to explain in more detail why it “did not preserve text messages between Ms. (The Washington Post)May 17 is a key date in the Russia probe: It’s the day Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein tapped Robert S. Mueller III as a special counsel to take over the investigation. Then-FBI Director James B. Comey met repeatedly with President Trump, the Russia probe intensified and began to focus on former national security adviser Michael Flynn and, in early May, Trump fired Comey.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2018 19:10 UTC