Current Events > Embattled FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Has Resigned

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http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/04/lisa-page-resign-fbi/

The FBI attorney, who exchanged anti-Trump text messages with another bureau official, resigned on Friday, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

The lawyer, Lisa Page, tendered her resignation, the FBI confirmed.

Page has faced months of scrutiny over the text messages, which she exchanged with Peter Strzok, the former deputy chief of the FBIs counterintelligence division.

The exchanges show a deep hostility to President Donald Trump at a time when the two officials were working on the FBIs investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with the Russian government. Some of the texts show Strzok and Page cryptically discussing how to proceed with the investigation, which was opened on July 31, 2016.

I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andys office that theres no way [Trump] gets elected but Im afraid we cant take that risk, Strzok wrote to Page in an Aug. 15, 2016 text referring to then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

Its like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before youre 40, he added.

OMG THIS IS F***ING TERRIFYING, Page wrote to Strzok on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016.

F Trump, Strzok wrote in another text.

The Justice Departments office of the inspector general discovered the biased text messages as part of the watchdogs investigation into the FBIs handling of the Clinton email investigation.

Page and Strzok also worked closely on the Clinton probe.

As the FBIs No. 2 counterintelligence official, Strzok oversaw the FBIs investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with the Russian government. On the Clinton email investigation, Strzok conducted interviews with Clinton and her top aides.

Both Strzok and Page also served on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation, which began on May 17, 2017.

Page worked for several weeks on the Mueller team before returning to her position as one of McCabes counselors. Strzok worked on the Mueller investigation until July 28, 2017, when Michael Horowitz, the DOJs inspector general, notified Mueller of the scandalous text messages.

Page is also a central player in Horowitzs investigation of McCabe. She is the FBI official who McCabe instructed to speak to The Wall Street Journal regarding an October 2016 article about the FBIs handling of the Clinton email investigation. McCabe authorized Page to leak to The Journal in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership, Horowitz determined.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe on March 16 based upon a recommendation from the FBIs Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).

Horowitz released a report on April 13 that alleged McCabe gave inaccurate and incomplete statements about his authorization of the media leaks. The report, which dinged McCabe for a lack of candor, said he initially denied to both the OPR and the inspector general that he authorized Page to speak with The Journal.

Horowitz is expected to release a report this month that will focus more heavily on Strzok and Page. Strzok was sent to the FBIs human resources division after his removal from the Mueller team.

An attorney for Page did not respond to requests for comment about the resignation.
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I love when ppl quit bc of a scandal and its not considered an admission of guilt

Srs, why quit if youre innocent
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