Disgraced anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok loses lawsuit
Peter Strzok, the disgraced FBI agent who led the original Trump-Russia probe, has just lost a years-long lawsuit challenging his firing over partisan texts, according to Just The News.
The ruling is a win for President Trump, who has spent years demanding accountability for those involved in the "Russia, Russia, Russia" hoax that consumed his first four years as president.
A federal judge in Washington D.C dismissed Strzok's claim that his firing was illegal, saying he failed to show how his First Amendment rights were violated.
Strzok loses case
The Justice Department asked Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, to rule in the government's favor without a trial.
“The reason for Peter Strzok’s dismissal from the FBI is clear and not subject to genuine dispute: the FBI dismissed Mr. Strzok because he exchanged politically charged text messages on his FBI-issued device about individuals who were centrally connected to high-profile investigations,” the administration's lawyers wrote in court filings.
Jackson granted the request for summary judgment, saying there was no legitimate dispute about the material facts of the case.
The judge did not rule on whether Strzok's firing was appropriate, but merely said he failed to show his ringhts were violated.
"The sole question to be determined here, then, is whether the FBI’s imposition of the sanction of termination comported with the Constitution," Jackson wrote in her ruling.
"After a thorough review of the pleadings and the materials submitted in support of the cross-motions, the Court finds that there is no genuine dispute of material fact that would preclude the entry of summary judgment in the defendants’ favor and that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment should be denied."
Anti-Trump partisan
Strzok was the lead investigator on both the Hillary Clinton e-mail probe and the Trump-Russia investigation, known as Crossfire Hurricane, placing Strzok at the center of the 2016 presidential election.
In 2018, Strzok was fired over incriminating texts to his mistress, ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page. In the texts, Strzok bashed Trump and pledged that he would "stop" him from becoming president.
For years, the affair between Strzok and his FBI paramour provided material for Trump at his campaign rallies, where he would mock the "two lovers."
After leaving the FBI, Strzok became a podcaster and cable news commentator, following the path of other Deep State figures who found new gigs in the media bashing Trump.
Strzok can still appeal the judge's ruling to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.
Strzok's former boss, FBI director James Comey, is reportedly facing criminal charges in Virginia for lying to Congress about the Russia probe.