Most of the information that came out of the bureau during the election was damaging to Hillary Clinton, not Trump. And in an interview on Thursday, Trump even made an extraordinary (and unfounded) accusation: that Strzok’s texts amounted to treason. The story Strzok and Page knew about in advance hurt Clinton, not Trump The subject of the article Strzok and Page were discussing in their text messages is important. But the Wall Street Journal article Strzok and Page discussed that night wasn’t about Russia, or damaging to Trump. “It’s going to get rough.” FBI officials quickly organized a set of talking points to respond to future inquires on the story.
Source: Huffington Post January 15, 2018 01:07 UTC