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WSJ: Strzok and Page Texts Show No Anti-Trump Conspiracy

NO SMOKING GUN

In review of 7,000+ texts, the Journal found anti-Trump sentiment in only a “fraction” of messages.

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In a Wall Street Journal review of more than 7,000 text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the newspaper found “no evidence of a conspiracy against Mr. Trump.” The controversial texts that express a “distaste for Mr. Trump” only constitute a “fraction” of the conversations, the paper reported. Rather, the majority of the texts represent “day-to-day workplace trials” at the FBI and how they both struggled to navigate their personal and professional lives amid news-making events within and around the agency.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal