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Input: FILE - In this July 7, 2016, file photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee about Hillary Clinton's email investigation, at the Capitol in Washington. Text messages... (Associated Press) 
  
 FILE - In this July 7, 2016, file photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee about Hillary Clinton's email investigation, at the Capitol in Washington. Text messages between two FBI officials that have been reviewed by The Associated Press show they spoke admiringly... (Associated Press) 
  
 FILE - In this July 7, 2016, file photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee about Hillary Clinton's email investigation, at the Capitol in Washington. Text messages between two FBI officials that have been reviewed by The Associated Press show they spoke admiringly... (Associated Press) FILE - In this July 7, 2016, file photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee about Hillary Clinton's email investigation, at the Capitol in Washington. Text messages... (Associated Press) 
  
 WASHINGTON (AP) — The day in July 2016 that FBI Director James Comey defended to Congress the bureau's decision in the Hillary Clinton email probe, two FBI officials traded admiring texts about his verbal dexterity — and mocking jibes at the lawmakers questioning him. 
  
 Congress, wrote FBI lawyer Lisa Page in one text, is "utterly worthless." ''Less than worthless," replied Peter Strzok, a seasoned FBI counterintelligence agent assigned to that investigation. "Utterly contemptible." 
  
 The officials' assessment of Comey, facing hours of questions about his decision not to seek charges against Clinton for her use of a private email server, was unmistakably flattering. 
  
 "God he is SO good," Strzok said. "I know," Page responded. "Brilliant public speaker. And brilliant distillation of fact." 
  
 That exchange is included among 384 pages of text messages between Page and Strzok provided by the Justice Department to Congress and reviewed by The Associated Press. The texts, part of an inspector general investigation into the handling of the Clinton email probe, are most notable for derogatory messages about President Donald Trump — the discovery of which led to Strzok's reassignment from special counsel Robert Mueller's team. But they also include wide-ranging and unguarded discussion about a variety of current events and public figures, including Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and an encryption court fight with Apple, as well as candid assessments of their colleagues and their FBI careers and futures. 
  
 Among the thousands of texts, the dialogue about Comey is especially striking because it further calls into question White House characterizations of an FBI in "tatters," where "countless" agents complained about their director before his removal. Employee surveys released last year show FBI employees consistently gave Comey high marks. And emails published this week by the Lawfare blog show FBI field office leaders using words like "profound sadness" and "hard to understand" in spreading the news about Comey's May 9 termination, one of the events now under investigation by Mueller for possible obstruction of justice. 
  
 The texts proved an explosive development when revealed in December, giving rise to Republican allegations of bias in the FBI and the Justice Department and leading Trump to make an extraordinary allegation of "treason" against Strzok that the agent's lawyer dismissed as "beyond reckless." Strzok was removed from Mueller's group in July after Mueller learned of the texts. Page, who'd also been detailed to that team, left that assignment before the messages were discovered. 
  
 Since then, amid attacks on the bureau, Director Christopher Wray has defended the FBI as home to "tens and thousands of brave men and women." Attorney General Jeff Sessions, meanwhile, has been more muted in his support, saying criticism can be appropriate and that political bias "in either direction" must be eliminated. 
  
 There's no question both Strzok and Page were stridently opposed to Trump's candidacy and the prospect of a Trump administration, using words like "idiot," ''loathsome," ''menace" and "disaster" to describe him. In one text four days before the election, Page told Strzok that the "American presidential election, and thus, the state of the world, actually hangs in the balance." They frequently texted each other news stories about Russian election meddling, denigrated Trump associate Roger Stone and, in one profanity-laced message, Strzok cursed out the "cheating (expletive) Russians." 
  
 But the texts, which encompass a two-year period beginning around the start of the Clinton email investigation in 2015, cover far more ground than Trump. 
  
 They underscore how the Clinton inquiry, well before the launch of the investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia, caused anxiety and tension within the FBI and Justice Department as witness interviews, strategic decisions and even public statements were picked apart internally and in the news media in the months preceding the election. 
  
 Strzok was distressed, for instance, that former President Bill Clinton had an impromptu meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch aboard her plane in the investigation's final stages. Lynch subsequently announced that she would accept the FBI's recommendations, setting the stage for Comey's announcement that the FBI would not seek charges. 
  
 "All the airport tarmac articles finally burst out. Took a little bit. Not a big deal, just ASTOUNDINGLY bad optic. And doesn't help what the D is trying to do," he texted in an apparent reference to the FBI director. 
  
 Weeks before that, Strzok confided to Page that Justice Department lawyers were concerned by the late discovery of classified marking notations along some paragraphs in State Department emails. 
  
 "No one noticed. And while minor, it cuts against, 'I never send or received anything marked classified," he wrote. "Because they're worried, holy cow, if the FBI missed this, what else was missed?" 
  
 He was also flummoxed at one point by what he said was the "worst news" — that a computer specialist had used wiping software to delete email messages, making it, he said, potentially "much harder" to recover what they needed. 
  
 The texts also make clear that FBI leadership knew weeks before Comey alerted Congress that a trove of emails relevant to the Clinton investigation had been found on a laptop belonging to former Rep. Anthony Weiner. It remains unclear why the FBI waited a month before revealing the discovery of new emails and before obtaining a warrant to scour them. On Sept. 28, 2016, one month before the news became public, Strzok told Page that he'd been summoned to the deputy director's office because "hundreds of thousands of emails" had been turned over by Weiner's attorney to prosecutors as part of a sexting investigation, with a "ton of material" believed to be from Weiner's wife. 
  
 "This," Strzok wrote, "will never end." 
  
 But for a time, it did seem to have ended. Comey closed out the case July 5, 2016, and two days later, faced hours of questioning from a House committee. The two officials watched, and though Strzok lamented that he was a "control freak" and that some answers were imprecise, they also texted admiringly of his performance — even his joked that he had to use the bathroom for the last half-hour. 
  
 "I did get a chuckle out of D's gotta pee joke...," Strzok said. 
  
 "Everyone did," Page replied. "That's why he's as good at this as he is." ||||| Timing is everything, especially in investigations. Fox News’ Jake Gibson reported overnight that newly released texts between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page indicated that then-President Barack Obama wanted to be informed about all of the activity in their investigation. But which investigation, and when, matters: 
  
 Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted “to know everything we’re doing.” The message, from Page to Strzok, was among thousands of texts between the lovers reviewed by Fox News. The pair both worked at one point for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. 
  
 True — but that’s not what the text is about, according to Fox’s sources: 
  
 Page wrote to Strzok on Sept. 2, 2016 about prepping Comey because “potus wants to know everything we’re doing.” Senate investigators told Fox News this text raises questions about Obama’s personal involvement in the Clinton email investigation. 
  
 In other words, this isn’t about the Russia probe, which makes this quite a different kettle of fish. The date here is significant, as it comes between the time that Comey announced the FBI’s recommendations to the Department of Justice (July 5th, 2016) and the time that new e-mails were discovered on Anthony Weiner’s laptop (later in September). Comey had said in his July announcement that the probe would remain open, but that they didn’t expect any significant developments. By September 2nd, the investigation had been presumably dormant for a couple of months. 
  
 So why did Obama want a briefing on it at that point? That’s still a good question, although as president he had the authority to order one. Wasn’t that the point that Donald Trump’s defenders made when he fired Comey several months later? The FBI director works at the president’s pleasure, the president has the authority to direct his/her work, and therefore Comey’s firing couldn’t be considered obstruction of justice, or so the argument goes. (The same would apply if this text referred to the Russia probe too, by the way.) It’s certainly curious why Obama wanted a briefing on a then-dormant probe of his party’s presidential nominee, but it’s not scandalous in and of itself. Perhaps the probe wasn’t quite as dormant as previously reported, or maybe Obama just wanted to make sure it was over … which, of course, it wasn’t. 
  
 That’s not to say that there are no new developments on the Russia-collusion story. Last night, Rep. Trey Gowdy talked to Fox’s Martha McCallum about the FISA applications and the competing memos, but also dropped a little mini-scoop about the dossier. Gowdy’s not saying that Sidney Blumenthal was involved in the dossier effort as a conduit between Hillary Clinton and Christopher Steele … but if you say it, Gowdy will tell you you’re getting “really warm.” Hmmmmmm. 
  
 Update: It’s fair to note that Barack Obama himself made quite a public show of disinterest (as opposed to being uninterested) in FBI investigations (via Twitchy): 
  
 If his lips are moving, he is lying. Watch Obama Lie to Chris Wallace about FBI/DOJ Investigations. https://t.co/AAS7DEakJC via @youtube — Tennessean (@Mountainaires) February 4, 2018 
  
 “I can guarantee … I can guarantee that not because I give Attorney General [Loretta] Lynch a directive, that is institutionally how we have always operated,” Obama said during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. “I do not talk to the Attorney General about pending investigations. I do not talk to FBI directors about pending investigations. We have a strict line and always have maintained it. I guarantee it.” “I guarantee that there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department or the FBI, not just in this case but in any cas –.period,” he added. “Nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department because nobody is above the law.” 
  
 It’s worth pointing out, however, that this video came from an interview five months earlier, when the FBI investigation into Hillary was still active. Obama makes a clear distinction in this about “pending investigations,” not all investigations regardless of status. The texts came two months after Comey declared that the investigation was all but closed. Yes, it might suggest that Obama took a more direct approach to Comey and the investigation than earlier suggested, but it’s not evidence of that. It’s also not a demonstration of impropriety — and would be tough to argue otherwise after defending Trump’s authority over the FBI and DoJ for almost a year after Comey’s firing. 
  
 Josh Kraushaar points out a more interesting nuance: 
  
 Tho the implied degree of micromanagement at odds with the narrative of Obama WH not wanting to interfere during an election (in explaining their lack of urgency in dealing w Russia publicly) — Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) February 7, 2018 
  
 Yes, it does tend to undermine Obama’s claim in that regard. |||||
Output:
Text messages between two FBI agents caught up in the Robert Mueller story are once again making headlines. Both Fox News and the AP have reviewed additional texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. Here's how they're being played: Obama: Fox's story emphasizes an exchange between the pair in September 2016 about preparing talking points for then-FBI chief James Comey because President Obama "wants to know everything we're doing." Adds Fox: "According to a newly released Senate report, this text raises questions about Obama's personal involvement in the Clinton email investigation." Big deal? That's hard to say, writes Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. "It’s certainly curious why Obama wanted a briefing on a then-dormant probe of his party’s presidential nominee, but it’s not scandalous in and of itself. Perhaps the probe wasn’t quite as dormant as previously reported, or maybe Obama just wanted to make sure it was over … which, of course, it wasn’t." The post also digs up on old Obama quote of, "I do not talk to FBI directors about pending investigations." Comey: The AP story emphasizes that Strzok and Page wrote glowingly of Comey as he testified before Congress in July 2016. Congress, wrote FBI lawyer Page in one text, is "utterly worthless." ''Less than worthless," replied Strzok, a counterintelligence agent who was kicked off Mueller's investigation team when the texts first surfaced. "Utterly contemptible." And: "God he is SO good," Strzok said. "I know," Page responded. "Brilliant public speaker. And brilliant distillation of fact." The AP sees this flattery as "especially striking because it further calls into question White House characterizations of an FBI in 'tatters,' where 'countless' agents complained about their director before his removal." Trump's view: "NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!" he tweeted, without elaborating.