(CNN) The latest batch of text messages provided to Congress on Thursday between two top FBI employees who have come under scrutiny for criticizing then-presidential candidate Donald Trump capture their immediate reactions to the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller. The texts between FBI special agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, which were reviewed by CNN, show their dismay at the firing of Comey and discussing the prospect of working for Mueller. Feeling a profound sense of loss," Strzok writes to Page a couple days after Comey was fired. I want to see what the FBI could become under him! But there are also likely to be new questions over the texts, as many of them are cryptic and use shorthand that isn't clear.

Source: CNN April 26, 2018 20:14 UTC