The extramarital affair was problematic, these people said, but of greater concern among senior law enforcement officials were text messages the two exchanged during the Clinton investigation and campaign season, in which they expressed anti-Trump sentiments and other comments that appeared to favor Clinton. Defenders of Page and Strzok insisted the issue is “overblown” and that there was no misconduct between the two. The Clinton investigation formally ended in July 2016, when former FBI Director James Comey announced he would recommend Clinton face no charges for her use of a private email server as secretary of state. Of the four, two have pled guilty to lying to the FBI – Flynn and a former Trump campaign adviser. Current and former FBI officials say the Strzok matter points to a larger, unresolved issue facing the agency as it tries to investigate the president and make a fresh start with a new director, Christopher Wray.

Source: National Post December 02, 2017 18:45 UTC