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Public interest group sues Justice Department for release of FBI messages
Source: Reuters
#POLITICS JANUARY 3, 2018 / 2:46 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Public interest group sues Justice Department for release of FBI messages
Mark Hosenball
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A public interest group sued the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday, demanding a quicker response to a request for internal communications about a decision to show some reporters private text messages between two FBI officials who worked for special counsel Robert Mueller.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), whose leadership includes critics of President Donald Trump, asked a federal judge to declare that the Justice Department was violating the Freedom of Information Act by not expediting the group’s request.
The Justice Department on Dec. 12 invited a small group of journalists to examine private text messages exchanged during the 2016 presidential election campaign by FBI lawyer Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, a senior FBI agent who at one point was working on FBI investigations into possible contacts between Trump’s team and Russia.
In the message traffic, Strzok was quoted as saying Democrat Hillary Clinton “just has to win” and he and Page expressed concern that a Trump presidency could politicize the FBI.
Trump and his supporters, including members of Congress, have cited the messages between the FBI employees as evidence of alleged bias against Trump by Mueller’s team.
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Public interest group sues Justice Department for release of FBI messages
Mark Hosenball
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A public interest group sued the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday, demanding a quicker response to a request for internal communications about a decision to show some reporters private text messages between two FBI officials who worked for special counsel Robert Mueller.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), whose leadership includes critics of President Donald Trump, asked a federal judge to declare that the Justice Department was violating the Freedom of Information Act by not expediting the group’s request.
The Justice Department on Dec. 12 invited a small group of journalists to examine private text messages exchanged during the 2016 presidential election campaign by FBI lawyer Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, a senior FBI agent who at one point was working on FBI investigations into possible contacts between Trump’s team and Russia.
In the message traffic, Strzok was quoted as saying Democrat Hillary Clinton “just has to win” and he and Page expressed concern that a Trump presidency could politicize the FBI.
Trump and his supporters, including members of Congress, have cited the messages between the FBI employees as evidence of alleged bias against Trump by Mueller’s team.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-lawsuit/public-interest-group-sues-justice-department-for-release-of-fbi-messages-idUSKBN1ES1TK
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