President Trump said Wednesday that transcripts of former FBI lawyer Lisa Page’s private testimony to a joint congressional task force show that the Justice Department under former President Barack Obama was biased and was looking to take down his campaign.
“The just revealed FBI Agent Lisa Page transcripts make the Obama Justice Department look exactly like it was, a broken and corrupt machine. Hopefully, justice will finally be served. Much more to come!” Trump tweeted.
The just revealed FBI Agent Lisa Page transcripts make the Obama Justice Department look exactly like it was, a broken and corrupt machine. Hopefully, justice will finally be served. Much more to come!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2019
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., this week released 370 pages of transcripts of testimony that took place over two days in July last year. The transcript shows that Page testified that some wanted to throw espionage charges against Hillary Clinton, but that the Justice Department rejected that plan.
“The American people deserve to know what transpired in the highest echelons of the FBI during that tumultuous time for the bureau,” Collins said in a statement.
Page and another FBI employee, Peter Strzok, came under scrutiny last year when it was revealed text messages they exchanged showed anti-Trump bias. The duo worked on the Clinton email investigation.
