Two FBI agents insulted President
Donald Trump
before he took office, NBC News confirmed late on Tuesday.
The agents, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, had exchanged text messages about the future president during the 2016 campaign trail, NBC said. One such message on March 4, 2016 read "God trump is a loathsome human," according to a copy obtained by NBC.
Strzok and Page had been working with
Special Counsel Robert Mueller
on
alleged collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia
but they are no longer on the case.
The agents also referred to Trump as an "idiot," according to the report.
The two also shared supportive views on Democrat candidate
Hillary Clinton
via text messages, NBC said.
Critics
say the pair's political views questions the impartiality of
Mueller's ongoing investigation
.
Two FBI agents insulted President
Donald Trump
before he took office, NBC News confirmed late on Tuesday.
The agents, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, had exchanged text messages about the future president during the 2016 campaign trail, NBC said. One such message on March 4, 2016 read "God trump is a loathsome human," according to a copy obtained by NBC.
Strzok and Page had been working with
Special Counsel Robert Mueller
on
alleged collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia
but they are no longer on the case.
The agents also referred to Trump as an "idiot," according to the report.
The two also shared supportive views on Democrat candidate
Hillary Clinton
via text messages, NBC said.
Critics
say the pair's political views questions the impartiality of
Mueller's ongoing investigation
.
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