{"id":1611089,"date":"2022-08-17T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T19:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611089"},"modified":"2022-08-17T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T19:32:00","slug":"deranged-russia-hoaxer-peter-strzok-is-back-with-one-of-the-most-unhinged-trump-conspiracy-theories-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deranged-russia-hoaxer-peter-strzok-is-back-with-one-of-the-most-unhinged-trump-conspiracy-theories-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Deranged Russia Hoaxer Peter Strzok Is Back With One Of The Most Unhinged Trump Conspiracy Theories Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fderanged-russia-hoaxer-peter-strzok-is-back-with-one-of-the-most-unhinged-trump-conspiracy-theories-yet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611089&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After spending years instigating and advancing the debunked conspiracy theory that former President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election, disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok is once again pushing the same, garbage narrative.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet referencing a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/108828041518355960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Truth Social post<\/a> by Trump, in which the former president announced that the FBI took several of his passports during the bureau\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/11\/attorney-general-merrick-garland-admits-he-personally-approved-fbi-raid-on-trumps-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raid on his Mar-a-Lago home<\/a>, Strzok baselessly claimed that one of the documents is a \u201cRussian passport\u201d that is \u201ckept in a vault at Yasenevo and only swapped out at third country meets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease oh please keep asking how you can turn down the temperature in the country,\u201d the tweet reads. \u201cAnd why does he have two passports?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"w291O8AWeJugv6tXDKI0V4AYSmjrGkp3FaiOjRHLyNEefChc3TZuWhcgPkR8daULq9Bnxq5MS1lzsiH5GJszltU7M\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please oh please keep asking how you can turn down the temperature in the country. <\/p>\n<p>And why does he have two passports?<\/p>\n<p>The Russian passport, of course, is kept in a vault at Yasenevo and only swapped out at third country meets, so it can&#8217;t be that one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hbk8iL39Ax\">pic.twitter.com\/Hbk8iL39Ax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petestrzok\/status\/1559252991026282496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The post attacking Trump came the same day Strzok appeared on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe\u201d to defend the FBI\u2019s raid of the former president\u2019s estate, with Strzok attempting to claim the agency applies the law \u201cobjectively\u201d to both sides of the political aisle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that the FBI is targeting any one side or the other,\u201d Strzok said. \u201cWhat you see is the FBI going out on a day-in and day-out basis objectively investigating allegations of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"oPIkMLNcv70DUmWEZtBudTwaJi\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MSNBC\u2019s Morning Joe brings on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterStrzok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PeterStrzok<\/a> to argue on behalf of the FBI\u2019s integrity: \u201cIt\u2019s not that the FBI is targeting any one side or the other. What you see is the FBI going out on a day-in and day-out basis objectively investigating allegations of law.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bIyBladBMg\">pic.twitter.com\/bIyBladBMg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1559163634839949314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As outlandish as his \u201cRussian passport\u201d claims may seem, peddling Trump-Russia conspiracy theories is nothing new for the former FBI agent. In addition to being a notable figure in the Hillary Clinton email probe, Strzok, along with his former mistress and fellow agent Lisa Page, was notorious for playing an incredibly biased role in the FBI\u2019s investigation of then-candidate Donald Trump\u2019s campaign leading up to and following the 2016 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/08\/09\/heres-guide-former-fbi-agent-peter-strzoks-lawsuit-demanding-job-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publicly revealed text messages<\/a> between Strzok and Page, the two agents repeatedly exchanged feelings of harsh animosity towards Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOmg [Trump\u2019s] an idiot,\u201d a message sent on March 3, 2016, said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is a disaster. I have no idea how destabilizing his Presidency would be,\u201d said another, dated July 21, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The more alarming of the messages, however, came the following month when the two agents discussed the use of an \u201cinsurance policy,\u201d were Trump to be elected that November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Trump\u2019s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!,\u201d Page said on Aug. 8, to which Strzok replied, \u201cNo. No he\u2019s not. We\u2019ll stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in [Andrew McCabe\u2019s] office-that there\u2019s no way [Trump] gets elected-but I\u2019m afraid we can\u2019t take that risk,\u201d Strzok emphasized in a text dated Aug. 15. \u201cIt\u2019s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you\u2019re 40\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An inspector general report released in 2018 criticized Strzok for, as The Federalist reported at the time, his \u201cbiased handling of the Hillary Clinton email and Russia collusion investigations\u201d and \u201cfor using personal tech devices to handle FBI business,\u201d with the report <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/06\/14\/ig-report-slams-fbi-strzok-for-political-bias-using-personal-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highlighting<\/a> the institutional \u201cdamage\u201d Strzok and his counterparts caused as a result of their openly biased conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he damage caused by [Strzok and his colleagues\u2019] actions extends far beyond the scope of the Midyear investigation and goes to the heart of the FBI\u2019s reputation for neutral factfinding and political independence,\u201d the report said. \u201cAt a minimum, we found that the employees\u2019 use of FBI systems and devices to send the identified messages demonstrated extremely poor judgment and a gross lack of professionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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