{"id":2315545,"date":"2024-07-29T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doj-gives-peter-strzok-lisa-page-2-million-over-texts-exposing-anti-trump-agenda\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:11:09","slug":"biden-doj-gives-peter-strzok-lisa-page-2-million-over-texts-exposing-anti-trump-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doj-gives-peter-strzok-lisa-page-2-million-over-texts-exposing-anti-trump-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden DOJ Gives Peter Strzok, Lisa Page $2 Million Over Texts Exposing Anti-Trump Agenda"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-doj-gives-peter-strzok-lisa-page-2-million-over-texts-exposing-anti-trump-agenda%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=2315545&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>In a recent development, \u2064former FBI agent Peter Strzok and attorney Lisa Page, embroiled in controversies\u200d surrounding the Trump-Russia investigation, are set to receive a total of\u200b $2 million from the Biden-era Justice Department. Strzok will receive $1.2 million while Page will get $800,000, following revelations that their critical messages about President Trump were leaked for political motives during the Trump administration. Their\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-donalds-attorney-claims-the-rams-star-was-trying-to-protect-a-victim-in-the-altercation\/\" title=\"Aaron Donald\u2019s Attorney Claims The Rams Star Was Trying To Protect A Victim In The Altercation\">attorney claims<\/a> that this outcome addresses the \u200dinappropriate treatment received by \u2064Strzok and underscores\u200c the importance of protecting \u2064government employees from political bias.<\/p>\n<p>Both Strzok and Page&#8217;s communications were made public in late 2017 and were viewed \u200cby some\u2064 as damaging to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">public trust<\/a> in the FBI. \u200bAlthough Attorney General Merrick\u2064 Garland defended\u200d the compensation, stating it\u2063 was \u2063due to\u200c legal violations by the government, \u200dcritics, including\u2062 the New York \u200bPost&#8217;s editorial \u2064board, condemned the payouts as inappropriate rewards for political misbehavior. The situation has\u2063 raised questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-to-know-how-a-left-leaning-group-allegedly-channeled-private-funds-to-election-agencies\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand To Know How A Left-Leaning Group Allegedly Channeled Private Funds To Election Agencies\">partisan influence<\/a> within the Justice Department and its implications as Donald Trump potentially positions himself \u200dfor a return\u200d to the \u2064presidency,\u200b suggesting consequences \u200dfor the handling of such cases in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Having been exposed by the Trump-era Justice Department for their attacks on former President Donald Trump, two key figures in the Russiagate smear of Trump are receiving massive payouts from the Biden-era Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Former FBI agent Peter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/declassified-fbi-docs-reveal-agents-never-believed-trump-russia-conspiracy-not-even-strzok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strzok<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-fbi-official-linked-russiagate-probe-sentenced-4-years-foreign-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linked to Russia<\/a>, will split a $2 million payday.<\/p>\n<p>Strzok will get $1.2 million and Page will receive $800,000, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/26\/peter-strzok-lawsuit-settlement-00171498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This outcome is a critical step forward in addressing the government&rsquo;s unfair and highly politicized treatment of Pete,&rdquo; said Aitan Goelman, Strzok&rsquo;s lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As important as it is for him, it also vindicates the privacy interests of all government employees. We will continue to litigate Pete&rsquo;s constitutional claims to ensure that, in the future, public servants are protected from adverse employment actions motivated by partisan politics,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">&ldquo;The evidence was overwhelming that the release of text messages to the press in December 2017 was for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">partisan political purposes<\/a> and was against the law,&rdquo; said Amy Jeffress, who represented Page.<\/p>\n<p>The messages were made public by former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who said he made the call that it was better to give the material to the media than have it inevitably leak, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5767861\/rod-rosenstein-text-messages-fbi-peter-strzok-lisa-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The disclosure obviously would adversely affect public confidence in the FBI, but providing the most egregious messages in one package would avoid the additional harm of prolonged selective disclosures and minimize the appearance of the Department concealing information that was embarrassing to the FBI,&rdquo; Rosenstein has said.<\/p>\n<p>As word of the impending payments filtered through Congress in June, Attorney General Merrick Garland defended them to House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-jordan-threatens-letitia-james-subpoena-trump-prosecutor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Jordan<\/a> of Ohio, Politico noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, you can go after a president, and you get rewarded for doing so, according to the Justice Department?&rdquo; Jordan asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a question of reward. It&rsquo;s a question of the government paying for violating the law,&rdquo; Garland replied.<\/p>\n<p>That was not how the editorial board of the New York Post saw the payments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congratulations, U.S. taxpayers: You get to pay Peter Strzok and Lisa Page $2 million,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/28\/opinion\/honor-among-thieves-biden-harris-justice-dept-sends-2m-to-strzok-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post editorial<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial said Page and Strzok &ldquo;played politics on the job and got burned for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the folks now running Justice  those politics and are taking care of them,&rdquo; the editorial said.<\/p>\n<p>The Posted noted that &ldquo;now that Trump looks likely to return the White House, with his picks to clean house at Justice, they&rsquo;ve settled a winnable lawsuit to reward Strzok and Page.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Consider it honor among thieves, albeit at the department charged with serving justice,&rdquo; the editorial said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page, whose discussions about Trump on government devices were disclosed during an investigation into the now-debunked claims of a connection between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia, will share a $2 million settlement. Strzok is slated to receive $1.2 million while Page will get $800,000, as reported by Politico. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This outcome is a significant advancement in addressing the government&#8217;s unjust and highly politicized treatment of Pete,&#8221; stated Aitan Goelman, Strzok&#8217;s attorney. &#8220;While it is crucial for him personally, it also upholds the privacy rights of all government employees. We will continue to pursue Pete&#8217;s constitutional claims to ensure that public servants are shielded from negative employment consequences driven by partisan politics,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Jeffress, representing Page, remarked that &#8220;the evidence was clear that releasing text messages to the media in December 2017 was politically motivated and illegal.&#8221; The messages were made public by former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein who believed it was better to disclose them than risk an inevitable leak.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenstein explained that while such disclosures could undermine public trust in the FBI, providing all controversial messages at once would prevent further selective leaks and reduce perceptions of concealment within the Department regarding embarrassing information.<\/p>\n<p>As news of these payments circulated through Congress in June, Attorney General Merrick Garland defended them during questioning from House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Jordan asked if going after a president resulted in rewards from the Justice Department; Garland clarified that it wasn&#8217;t about rewarding but compensating for legal violations.<\/p>\n<p>However, this perspective was not shared by New York Post&#8217;s editorial board which criticized taxpayers for funding Strzok and Page\u2019s payouts after they engaged in political activities while on duty. The editorial suggested that with Trump&#8217;s potential return to office\u2014and his likely appointments at Justice\u2014this settlement appeared as a way to reward those involved rather than serve justice appropriately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lisa-and-Peter-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36554,33185,36553,36552],"class_list":["post-2315545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-trump-agenda","tag-biden-doj","tag-lisa-page","tag-peter-strzok"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lisa-and-Peter-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}