Trump: Strzok-page's new texts are a "disaster" for the FBI, Department of Justice

President Donald Trump said Thursday that new text messages between former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page were a "disaster" for the bureau and the Justice Department.

"More SMS between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, former FBI employees, is a disaster and an embarrassment for the FBI and the GM," Trump tweeted. "It should never have happened but we are learning more and more at the moment." The others fled like crazy "to get the president!"

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Fox News on Wednesday released undisclosed messages between Strzok and Page, including an exchange that allegedly took place on Dec. 15, 2016, in which Strzok allegedly wrote "think our sisters began to sink like crazy.", They enter the saturation. "

The president and his allies persisted in their attacks on Strzok and Page, FBI employees who were romantically involved and exchanged critical messages with the president. Strzok was part of the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's private messaging server and his investigation of Russia's interference efforts in the 2016 elections. He also worked for the office of Special Adviser Robert Mueller. , but was removed from office when his text messages with Page were made public.

Strzok was fired from the FBI last spring.

Trump and others have suggested that Strzok and Page activities are part of a broader "deep state" program within the Department of Justice to undermine the president. Trump has always called Mueller's investigation into the fact that Russia was in agreement with his 2016 campaign for a "witch hunt", even though this investigation had obtained several indictments and charges. the cooperation of at least four former Trump campaign leaders. The investigation was also expanded to a possible obstruction of justice by the president.