A Justice Department inspector general report harshly criticized the conduct of former FBI Director James Comey during the 2016 election, concluding he had violated bureau norms, proved insubordinate, and even engaged in similar conduct to what he criticized then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of doing.
Comey was far from the only official to come under a sharp light in the 500 page document put together by the IG, Michael Horowitz.
The report also reveals that Peter Strzok—an FBI agent who worked on both the Clinton email and Russia investigations—once promised his lover that the two of them would keep Trump from becoming president.
On August 8, 2016, Lisa Page, who was in a romantic relationship with Strzok, texted him in concern about Trump’s candidacy.
“[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” she wrote.
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04.26.2025