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FBI fires Peter Strzok

By Naomi Lim
Published August 13, 2018 3:24pm ET
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FBI fires Peter Strzok
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 special agent Peter Strzok, who sent a string of anti-Trump text messages to a colleague with whom he was having an extramarital affair, has been fired from the bureau.

Strzok was dismissed on Friday by FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich, Strzok’s lawyer Aitan Goelman said Monday. Strzok’s abrupt departure is at odds with a previous FBI personnel decision that he would only be demoted and face a 60-day suspension following allegations of misconduct, Goelman added.

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