Trump pressures Sessions to fire official whose wife worked at dirty dossier firm

Donald Trump launched a new assault on his attorney general on Tuesday as he attempted to force the Department of Justice to fire a demoted official whose wife worked at the firm responsible for the dirty dossier.

Trump said that Jeff Sessions should not have allowed a special counsel to be appointed and urged an investigation into FBI officials involved in Hillary Clinton’s email case and the Russia probe.

‘If we had a real Attorney General, this Witch Hunt would never have been started! Looking at the wrong people,’ he tweeted. 

Emboldened by the firing of ex-agent Peter Strzok, the president put pressure on DOJ to fire Bruce Ohr.   

Donald Trump launched a new assault on his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, on Tuesday as he attempted to force the Department of Justice to fire a demoted official whose wife worked at the firm responsible for the dirty dossier

The Justice Department transferred the career official in December following the revelation that Ohr met with the former British spy who put together the infamous dossier of salacious allegations about Trump. 

Ohr’s wife, Nellie, worked at the firm, Fusion GPS, that commissioned the dossier. The Justice Department lawyer was not on the team of agents investigating election meddling and the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to the Kremlin.

He had known the former spy, Christopher Steele, for years, however, and Ohr is a scholar on Russia and the Soviet Union.

Republicans have seized on his secret meeting with Steele, especially in the context of his wife’s affiliation with Fusion GPS during the 2016 campaign.

After watching a segment on the Mueller probe and Russian collusion this morning on Fox & Friends, the president tagged the program in a tweet that declared: ‘Bruce Ohr of the “Justice” Department (can you believe he is still there) is accused of helping disgraced Christopher Steele “find dirt on Trump.” Ohr’s wife, Nelly, was in on the act big time – worked for Fusion GPS on Fake Dossier.’

Ohr had been an associate deputy attorney general at DOJ and the director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF).

He was stripped of his deputy attorney general posting and relocated inside the building after congressional investigators learned about his 2016 meeting with the author of the Trump dossier.

The president said Tuesday, more than six months after the demotion, that he wants Ohr to be fired over the meeting as he went on a Twitter rampage against the Department of Justice.

‘Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok is a fraud, as is the rigged investigation he started. There was no Collusion or Obstruction with Russia, and everybody, including the Democrats, know it. The only Collusion and Obstruction was by Crooked Hillary, the Democrats and the DNC!’ Trump tweeted.

A day prior, Trump had renewed his demand that special counsel Robert Mueller end the Russia probe Monday after the FBI fired Strzok, who had a senior role in theRussia and Clinton email probes.

Stzrok’s lawyer confirmed the firing of Strzok, who was revealed to have exchanged anti-Trump texts during the campaign, on Monday morning.

Trump responded on Twitter by once again blasting the Russia probe that has already gone after several former Trump campaign officials. He also called for a re-do of the FBI’s Clinton email investigation, which never charged his political rival with a crime.

‘Agent Peter Strzok was just fired from the FBI – finally,’ Trump wrote around noon on Monday, after news broke publicly about Strzok’s firing.

Peter Strzok was fired from his job at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to his lawyer

Peter Strzok was fired from his job at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to his lawyer

Strzok’s lawyer Aitan Goelman slammed the firing in a Monday statement, saying the FBI overruled its own Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and ‘departed from established precedent by firing 21-year FBI veteran.’

‘This decision should be deeply troubling to all Americans,’ Goelman said.

‘The list of bad players in the FBI & DOJ gets longer & longer,’ the president continued. ‘Based on the fact that Strzok was in charge of the Witch Hunt, will it be dropped?’ Trump said, using his terminology for the Mueller probe.

‘It is a total Hoax. No Collusion, No Obstruction – I just fight back!’ he said.

In a follow-up Tweet, Trump targeted the FBI’s Hillary Clinton email investigation – which Strzok also took part in.   

‘Just fired Agent Strzok, formerly of the FBI, was in charge of the Crooked Hillary Clinton sham investigation. It was a total fraud on the American public and should be properly redone!’ Trump wrote. 

Trump turned up the heat on the Russia probe once again after news broke of Strzok's firing

Trump turned up the heat on the Russia probe once again after news broke of Strzok’s firing

The president also called for the FBI investigation that did not charge his political opponent Hillary Clinton to be redone

The president also called for the FBI investigation that did not charge his political opponent Hillary Clinton to be redone

In July of 2016, former FBI Director James Comey, announced the decision not to charge Clinton, even as he chided her for carelessness in her use of a private email server. 

The Strzok firing happened two months after the longtime agent was escorted out of the FBI building after he became a focus of an Inspector General’s report that found the senior counterintelligence official was biased.

The IG investigators uncovered a series of anti-Trump texts between Strzok and fellow FBI agent Lisa Page, with whom he was having an affair.

The FBI had no comment on Trump’s latest tweets about the Mueller probe and the Clinton investigation. 

Strzok tweeted to Page during the campaign ‘F Trump’ and called Trump in another tweet a ‘f***ing idiot.’

President Trump has regularly railed against the ‘FBI lovers’ on Twitter while bashing the Russia probe, which he brands a ‘witch hunt.’ Trump may have foreshadowed the firing days ago when he tweeted ‘Stay tuned!’

Trump wrote while on vacation at his New Jersey golf club days ago: ‘This is an illegally brought Rigged Witch Hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and/or conflicted. It was started and paid for by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. Phony Dossier, FISA disgrace and so many lying and dishonest people already fired. 17 Angry Dems? Stay tuned!’

Strzok’s firing was confirmed by lawyer Aitan Goelman, the Washington Post reported.

Strzok exchanged anti-Trump texts with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page

Strzok exchanged anti-Trump texts with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page

Trump may have foreshadowed the firing days ago when he tweeted 'Stay tuned!'

Trump may have foreshadowed the firing days ago when he tweeted ‘Stay tuned!’

Goelman slammed the firing in a statement saying the ‘Deputy Director of the FBI overruled the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and departed from established precedent by firing 21-year FBI veteran Peter Strzok.’

He continued: “The decision to fire Special Agent Strzok is not only a departure from typical Bureau practice, but also contradicts Director Wray’s testimony to Congress and his assurances that the FBI intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters.’

Goelman concluded: ‘It is a decision that produces only one winner – those who seek to harm our country and weaken our democracy.’

The Justice Department IG found Strzok had ‘bias’ but found Strzok and Page hadn’t let their views impact their decisions on cases.

In one text to Strzok before the election, Page asks: Trump is ‘not ever going to become president, right? Right?!’ 

Strzok responded: ‘No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it.’

The IG had recommended administrative action against Strzok.

‘The damage caused by [Strzok and Page’s] actions extends far beyond the scope of the [Clinton email] investigation and goes to the heart of the FBI’s reputation for neutral fact finding and political independence,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote.

Horowitz testified that the texts ‘clearly shows a biased state of mind.’

Strzok’s lawyer, Goelman, said the firing was abnormal since the director of an FBI disciplinary office had recommended a 60-day suspension.

“This isn’t the normal process in any way more than name,’ he told the Post. 

After his texts were uncovered, Strzok was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s staff and given a human resources position. 

Trump also blasted Strzok on Twitter in June. ‘FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who headed the Clinton & Russia investigations, texted to his lover Lisa Page, in the IG Report, that “we’ll stop” candidate Trump from becoming President. Doesn’t get any lower than that!’ the president wrote.

The News of Strzok’s firing comes after Trump has been turning up the heat on Mueller and his Russia probe online. Prosecutors have been questioning and subpoenaing associates of informal Trump advisor Roger Stone, who had campaign communications with WikiLeaks. 



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