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JW v DOJ Strzok comms and travel complaint 00154 | Judicial Watch https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-doj-strzok-comms-travel-complaint-00154/

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Emails Suggest Obama FBI Knew McCain Leaked Trump Dossier

We are getting more insight in2 the thinking of the corrupt FBI officials involved in the plot against Trump – in particular what they knew n when they knew about the smear/leak operation using the shady “dossier.”

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Our new understanding comes from 138 pages of emails between former FBI official Peter Strzok n former FBI attorney Lisa Page.

These include an email dated January 10, 2017, in which Strzok said that the version of the dossier published by BuzzFeed was “identical” to the..

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version given 2 the FBI by McCain n had “differences” from the dossier provided 2 the FBI by Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson n Mother Jones reporter David Corn Jan 10 2017 is the same day BuzzFeed published the anti-Trump dossier by former British spy Christopher Steele

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The emails also show Strzok n other FBI agents mocking President Trump a few weeks be4 he was inaugurated. In addition the emails reveal that Strzok communicated with then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe about the “leak investigation” tied 2

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the Clinton Foundation (the very leak in which McCabe was later implicated).

We rcvd the records in our Jan 2018 FOIA lawsuit filed aftr the DOJ failed 2 respond 2 a Dec 2017 request for all comms between Strzok n Page (JWv. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-00154)).

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The FBI has only processed the records at a rate of 500 pgs per month n has refused 2 process text messages. At this rate the production of these communications will not b completed until at least late 2021. The FBI is now using the coronavirus as an excuse to shut down the

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production of any further records.

On Jan 10, 2017, Strzok, under the subject “RE: Buzzfeed published sum of the reports,” writes: “Our internet system is blocking the site. I hav the pdf via iPhone, but it’s 25.6MB. Comparing now. The set is only identical to

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,.what [Sen. John] McCain had (it has differences from what was given to us by Corn and Simpson).”

Strzok sent the email to Page and several top-ranking FBI officials, including Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Assistant Director for the Counterintelligence Division

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Bill Priestap, Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Jon Moffa, Assistant Director for Public Affairs Michael Kortan, General Counsel James Baker, and Director James Comey’s Chief of Staff James Rybicki.

Earlier, on Jan 10, 2017, BuzzFeed published a version

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.. of the dossier that Strzok said was “identical” 2 what McCain’s office had turned ovr 2 the FBI. Strzok sent the BuzzFeed-related email at 7:48 PM. At 8:23 PM on the same day, Strzok 4wards 2 Page n several FBI officials an article by the UK outlet The Guardian,..

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. titled “FBI chief given dossier by John McCain alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts.”

David Corn was 1 of Steele’s media contacts. Fusion GPS paid Steele, via funds from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) n Hillary Clinton’s campaign, 2 write the dossier.

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,. In testimony 2 the Senate Judiciary Committee in Aug 2017, Simpson said he was not aware of any version of the Steele dossier being given to the FBI.

While acknowledging he had given the dossier to the FBI, McCain had denied being the source of the
dossier report.

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.. But court filings unsealed in March 2019 show the AZ Rep senator n an associate had shared the dossier w several media outlets.

Former State Department official n McCain associate David Kramer said in a Dec 13, 2017 deposition that the dossier was given 2 him by Steele

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,.. n he then provided it 2 journalists at outlets including CNN, BuzzFeed n The Washington Post. The details were first reported by The Daily Caller.

The new records also include a Dec 22, 2016, email in which Strzok asks then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe if the FBI had

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,.., opened a “leak investigation” in2 Clinton Foundation media reports. Strzok writes: “I rcvd word via Jen that 2morrow morning Mike S [presumably Executive Asst Dir Michael Steinbach] wants 2 talk about whether we hav opened a leak investigation in2 the publicity...

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. surrounding the C Foundation. He said he’d like 2 discuss as the D [Director James Comey] ‘would like 2 do sumthing.’ I need guidance as 2 how/if you’d like me 2 detail the media pull we conducted. As U may recall we hav not detailed that activity other than 2 U n Bill.

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,. McCabe’s reply 2 Strzok is redacted.

McCabe was fired from the FBI in Mar 2018 4 leaking 2 the media n lacking “candor.” A Feb 2018 DOJ inspector general report concluded “that McCabe’s disclosure of the existence of an ongoing investigation … violated the FBI’s

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.. n the Dept’s media policy n constituted misconduct.” McCabe was referred 4 prosecution but the Justice Depart declined.

The docs also include several emails in which Strzok 4wards Russiagate-related news articles to Page n other FBI officials. On Jan 1, 2017, Strzok..

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., 4warded 2 Moffa n another unidentified official a NYTimes article titled “Trump Promises Revelation on Hacking.” The article discusses President-elect Donald Trump’s skepticism about U.S. intelligence assessments of Russian hacking relating to the 2016

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