Peter Strzok ‘escorted’ from FBI HQ amid ongoing investigation into his conduct

By Kelly Cohen

Published June 19, 2018 8:50pm ET

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Peter Strzok ‘escorted’ from FBI HQ amid ongoing investigation into his conduct — FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who exchanged 375 text messages with Department of Justice attorney Lisa Page that led to his removal from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin's efforts to interfere in the U.S. election last summer, is photographed outside his home in Fairfax, Va., on Jan. 3. | (Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

FBI agent Peter Strzok was escorted from the FBI’s Washington headquarters amid an ongoing disciplinary process.

According to his lawyer Aitan Goelman, Strzok, who has been a top counterintelligence officer at the FBI for roughly 20 years, was “escorted from the building” — though it is unclear if that means this week or last week — after being “put through a highly questionable process.”

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