WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today released recently declassified messages from former FBI agent Peter Strzok related to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s investigation of Trump campaign and administration officials, and the FBI’s “Midyear Exam” investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Although some information remains redacted, highlights include:
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9/23/16: Regarding now-debunked allegations promoted by Christopher Steele and DNC law firm Perkins Coie that a Trump organization server was secretly communicating with Russian agents through Alfa Bank, Strzok is told that
“[t]his [Trump] email domain is no longer pointing to any active mail server.”
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10/26/16: Strzok is told,
“27 confirmed classified TOTAL (26 to ClintonEmail, 1 to Yahoo): -6 of the 27 were SECRET then (4 of which remain SECRET now and 2 of which are CONFIDENTIAL) – 21 of the 27 were CONFIDENTIAL then (16 of which remain CONFIDENTIAL now and 5 of which are UNCLASS or FOUO)”
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1/12/17: Strzok is sent a copy of a message stating,
“typhoon [Papadopolous] got a call from the VP at Fox News yesterday, who advised that the government was conducting ‘checks’ on him a few months back. i haven’t listened to the exact audio, but i’m guessing that’s the FARA checks that we did with DOJ on our 4 main guys”
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2/2/17: Strzok states,
“W[hite]H[ouse] is ripsh*t about leak of contents of call between P[resident Trump] and foreign counterpart and are urgently asking process for media leak referral. … To the extent we have people sharing information of this nature with us, we need to be very cautious about it. Including reaching out to them now.”
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2/15/17: An unidentified FBI official tells Strzok,
“From where I’m sitting, it looks like the entire future credibility of the FBI is sitting on your shoulder.? Just my opinion, but I thought you should know.”
The 21-page production can be viewed
here.
The October 30, 2020 letter to Attorney General Barr and Director Wray can be viewed
here.
The Chairmen’s timeline on events related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation can be viewed
here.