Both Twitchy and the New York Times covered those anti-Trump texts exchanged by FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, although the New York Times left out of its story what many consider to be the most damning one — the one where Strzok wrote, “I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office — that there’s no way he [Trump] gets elected — but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk. It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40…”
Since the messages — in which Strzok and Page called Donald Trump an “idiot” and a “loathsome human” while investigating him — went public, sources have come forward to explain. You see, the “insurance policy” wasn’t a hedge against Trump being elected at all … it referred to aggressively investigating collusion between Trump and Russia.
Controversial "insurance" text by FBI agent referred to aggressively investigating potential links between Russia-Trump associates, not a secretive effort to harm candidate Trump, according to people familiar with his account: https://t.co/JKStsZVsoW
— Del Quentin Wilber (@DelWilber) December 18, 2017
From The Wall Street Journal:
An FBI agent’s reference to “an insurance policy” in a much-debated text message was meant to convey that the bureau needed to aggressively investigate allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, according to people familiar with his account.
The agent didn’t intend to suggest a secret plan to harm the candidate but rather address a colleague who believed the Federal Bureau of Investigation could take its time because Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was certain to win the election, the people said.
See, it was just a reminder they needed to work really hard. Some context while you consider that scenario:
Reminder of the text Strzok sent a few days before the controversial "insurance policy"/"we can't take that risk" text. pic.twitter.com/3Y82tjkB9V
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) December 18, 2017
OK then.
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) December 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Nightbob3/status/942848888574300161
(Cough) Bulls**t
And even taken in the most positive light
It means they were purposely accelerating an investigation to attempt to take @realDonaldTrump out
This should end #Strzok's career https://t.co/fNvn0xEolv
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) December 18, 2017
Well I definitely feel better now about this investigation https://t.co/1AU4yfQCzY
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/942859889164128256
https://twitter.com/beardedmiguel/status/942876157808119809
https://twitter.com/beardedmiguel/status/942876159242412032
Reporter does his best to tee up a story for Mueller probe, but ends up seemingly confirming that "insurance" against Trump was green-lighting Obama FBI spying on candidate Trump based on the Clinton-funded Trump-Russia dossier's bogus allegations.https://t.co/R4JsuFfBaY
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) December 18, 2017
This probably sounds better to the #Resistance than to, you know, everyone else. https://t.co/77uPRk2ZGv
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) December 18, 2017
Yeah. Nobody believes you. Buy nice try at damage control. https://t.co/jFanLSZYli
— [Learned to Code] Josh (@edgewerk) December 18, 2017
Doesn’t check out. She’s saying we can take our time because Trump will lose, and he’s saying we need to go fast as “insurance policy” in case Trump wins. That doesn’t change the issue people had with it from the beginning. https://t.co/OMMTbAUGCo
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) December 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Sam_5thEstate/status/942862242483179527
Because that is how everyone refers to…you know, doing their jobs. Good grief. Doesn't pass the smell test. https://t.co/z5txP0QuNo
— Tari (@uncommentari) December 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/alimhaider/status/942874121809137665
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/942845988045316097
https://twitter.com/davidjacksmith/status/942846672106909702
https://twitter.com/JorElishere/status/942882759571259392
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