{"id":66442,"date":"2017-12-16T05:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T05:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/?p=66442"},"modified":"2017-12-16T05:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T05:13:40","slug":"fbi-officials-probing-trump-wanted-clinton-to-win-race-to-the-white-house-nyt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/fbi-officials-probing-trump-wanted-clinton-to-win-race-to-the-white-house-nyt\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Officials Probing Trump Wanted Clinton To Win Race To The \u00a0White House: NYT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66443\" src=\"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FBI-Officials-Trump24-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FBI-Officials-Trump24-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FBI-Officials-Trump24-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelinkpaper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FBI-Officials-Trump24.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crooked&#8221; Hillary Clinton had the FBI on her side in both her private email server investigation and the subsequent Trump-Russia investigation. The US\u2009Justice Department is looking into the FBI\u2019s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server for official correspondence when she was Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Senior FBI officials who helped probe Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign told a colleague that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had to win the race to the White House, the New York Times has reported.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Strzok, a senior FBI agent, said Clinton \u201cjust has to win\u201d in a text sent to FBI lawyer Lisa Page, the Times reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The messages showed concern from Strzok and Page that a Trump presidency could politicise the FBI, the report said, citing texts turned over to Congress and obtained by the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Justice department inspector general Michael Horowitz is investigating the texts in a probe into the FBI\u2019s handling of its investigation into Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server for official correspondence when she was Secretary of State under former President Barack Obama, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Strzok was removed from working on the Russia probe after media reports earlier this month suggested he had exchanged text messages that disparaged Trump and supported Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Strzok was involved in both the Clinton email and Russia investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, including Trump, have in recent weeks ramped up their attacks on the FBI and questioned its integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional committees are investigating possible links between Donald Trump\u2019s campaign and Russia. Russia denies meddling in the 2016 US elections.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI, the Democratic National Committee and the White House did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters was unable to contact Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Crooked&#8221; Hillary Clinton had the FBI on her side in both her private email server investigation and the subsequent Trump-Russia investigation. The US\u2009Justice Department is looking into the FBI\u2019s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server for official correspondence when she was Secretary of State. 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