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Strzok Defends Anti-Trump Text Messages: Look at the Context

By Thomas McKinless
Posted July 12, 2018 at 5:14pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok defended text messages he sent in 2016 that were critical of then-candidate Donald Trump at a House committee hearing investigating potential bias in Strzok’s involvement with the bureau’s investigation into Trump’s campaign.

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