{"id":392714,"date":"2019-01-13T21:41:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T20:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/peter-strzok-expressed-concern-that-theres-no-big-there-there-in-collusion-probe\/"},"modified":"2019-01-13T21:41:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T20:41:56","slug":"peter-strzok-expressed-concern-that-theres-no-big-there-there-in-collusion-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/peter-strzok-expressed-concern-that-theres-no-big-there-there-in-collusion-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Strzok Expressed Concern That \u2018There\u2019s No Big There There\u2019 In Collusion Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/12\/peter-strzok-donald-trump-fbi\/\"><strong>Daily Caller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 13, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>A top FBI counterintelligence official expressed concern that there was \u201cno big there there\u201d in the Trump collusion investigation just days after the bureau formally opened an investigation into whether President Trump was acting as a foreign agent of Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou and I both know the odds are nothing. If I thought it was likely I\u2019d be there no question. I hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern there\u2019s no big there there,\u201d Peter Strzok, who then served as deputy chief of FBI counterintelligence, wrote to FBI lawyer Lisa Page on May 18, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The text message took on new significance Friday after The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/11\/us\/politics\/fbi-trump-russia-inquiry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation against Trump after the May 9, 2017 firing of James Comey as FBI director.<\/p>\n<p>It was already known that the FBI had opened an obstruction of justice investigation into Trump over Comey\u2019s ouster, but the counterintelligence investigation had not been reported. Both components of the investigations were referred to Robert Mueller when he was appointed special counsel on May 17, 2017. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who issued a letter recommending Comey\u2019s firing, likely approved the investigative angle. He has overseen the Mueller probe since its inception.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/12\/peter-strzok-donald-trump-fbi\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Saturday, January 12, 2019  at  7:38 pm<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/flashback-peter-strzok-expressed-concern-that-theres-no-big-there-there-in-collusion-probe.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/flashback-peter-strzok-expressed-concern-that-theres-no-big-there-there-in-collusion-probe.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily CallerJanuary 13, 2019 A top FBI counterintelligence official expressed concern that there was \u201cno big there there\u201d in the Trump collusion investigation just days after the bureau formally opened an investigation into whether President Trump was acting as a foreign agent of Russia. \u201cYou and I both know the odds are nothing. 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