Update December 3 2017:
We now know why Peter Strzok was pulled off the TrumpRussia investigation in August, and it isn't really prefigured in any of the hypotheses offered here or in the comments. A bunch of people have been looking at this old piece, presumably because I managed to spell Strzok right more than twice, and that's always a plus with Dr. Google, so I thought I should add a word and let it rerun.
Strzok was removed, The New York Times reports, because of
My Twitter response follows:
It strikes me that Strzok may actually be feeling guilty for the role he played in the Giuliani-Stone October Surprise, with the thought that he had it briefly in his power to stop the clown psychopath from getting elected. Anyhow, the old post is below the fold:
We now know why Peter Strzok was pulled off the TrumpRussia investigation in August, and it isn't really prefigured in any of the hypotheses offered here or in the comments. A bunch of people have been looking at this old piece, presumably because I managed to spell Strzok right more than twice, and that's always a plus with Dr. Google, so I thought I should add a word and let it rerun.
Strzok was removed, The New York Times reports, because of
the discovery of text messages in which Mr. Strzok and a colleague reacted to news events, like presidential debates, in ways that could appear critical of Mr. Trump.
“Immediately upon learning of the allegations, the special counsel’s office removed Peter Strzok from the investigation,” said a spokesman for the special counsel’s office, Peter Carr.
The Fox News universe is now undergoing floods of excitement over the possibility that "the Mueller investigation may be biased, under the heroic leadership of 2nd Lieutenant (Intellectual) Ben Shapiro.My Twitter response follows:
Peter Strzok was actually sent to NYC to take charge of the idiots who thought they'd found a smoking gun in Huma Abedin's laptop, leading to Comey's stupid Halloween announcement and Trump's victory. Wish he'd shown some anti-Trump bias then.— Yas We Can (@Yastreblyansky) December 3, 2017
Mueller was no doubt right to pull Strzok off the case in August, though he's one of the department's most senior and valuable investigators. Far from indicating bias it shows Mueller will go any length to avoid bias.— Yas We Can (@Yastreblyansky) December 3, 2017
It strikes me that Strzok may actually be feeling guilty for the role he played in the Giuliani-Stone October Surprise, with the thought that he had it briefly in his power to stop the clown psychopath from getting elected. Anyhow, the old post is below the fold:
