New Batch of Strzok-Page Emails Suggests FBI Use of Unsecure Devices
Email messages between two FBI officials suggest widespread use of unsecure communications by the bureau, according to records obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
Judicial Watch, a Washington-based nonpartisan government watchdog organization, announced Thursday that it received 47 pages of records from the Justice Department that show FBI officials used “unsecure devices” while discussing a matter involving the European Union.
The records include emails between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, two FBI officials who were close to investigations of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Neither remains with the bureau.
Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit after the Justice Department declined to respond to the organization’s Dec. 4, 2017, request asking for:
All records of communications, including but not limited to, emails, text messages and instant chats, between FBI official Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page; all travel requests, travel authorizations, travel vouchers and expense reports of Peter Strzok; and all travel requests, travel authorizations, travel vouchers and expense reports of Lisa Page.
Both former FBI officials made disparaging remarks about Trump in text exchanges when he was the Republican candidate for president, facing Democratic nominee Clinton in the election Nov. 8, 2016.
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