Peter Strzok (Credit: Saul Loeb/Agence France Presse/Getty Images
He argued the Justice Department improperly released his text messages.
Former FBI agent Pete Strzok, who was fired from the bureau in 2018 after his disparaging text messages about Donald Trump were made public, has reached a settlement with the Justice Department over his claims that his privacy rights were violated, according to his lawyers.
According to Strzok’s lawyers, the U.S. government has agreed to pay Strzok $1.2 million.
In his 2019 lawsuit, Strzok and his lawyers argued that the FBI and DOJ unlawfully disclosed his private text messages disparaging Trump before and after the 2016 presidential election — including the time frame during which Strzok helped lead the agency’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump, who made Strzok a frequent target on social media, argued that Strzok’s political bias tainted the early stages of the Russia investigation. (Read more: ABC News, 7/26/2024) (Archive)
From Strzok’s dismissal letter: “In my 23 years in the FBI, I have not seen a more impactful series of missteps that has called into question the entire organization and more thoroughly damaged the FBI’s reputation.”
Strzok has now been lavishly rewarded by the Biden regime. https://t.co/FwUkK73m6P pic.twitter.com/JBoOsnkdoh
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 27, 2024
UPDATE: Former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page, whose communications about Trump on their government phones were revealed as part of the investigation into the now-discredited allegations that the 2016 Trump campaign was linked to Russia, will split a $2 million payday.
Strzok will get $1.2 million and Page will receive $800,000, according to Politico.