Peter Strzok has officially been fired from the FBI. It comes more than a year after he was removed as a top investigator in the Russia probe for sending texts disparaging President Trump. Paula Reid reports.

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Strzok is the third high-ranking person to be fired from the FBI during the Trump administration, including former director James Comey.

The Washington Post reported on Monday the FBI fired Agent Peter Strzok last Friday. Strzok was one of the top agents leading the investigation of Russian interference during the 2016 election until officials found he sent several anti-Trump text messages to other FBI agents. Aitan Goelman, Strzok's lawyer, said an internal disciplinary review suggested Strzok be demoted and receive a 60-day suspension, but the deputy director of the FBI overruled that suggestion and decided to terminate him. Goelman said the decision was unusual since it goes against previous guarantees that said Strzok would face the normal disciplinary process. “This isn’t the normal process in any way more than name,”...

Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who came under fire by Republicans for sending text messages that disparaged Donald Trump during the presidential campaign, was dismissed from the bureau late Friday, his attorney said on Monday.

The agent, who was involved in the Trump and Clinton investigations, sent a message that said "F Trump."

President Trump responded by tweeting Strzok was "finally" fired, and questioning the legitimacy of Mueller's investigation

Mr Strzok was removed from the Russia inquiry after his texts criticising Mr Trump were discovered.

Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who came under fire by Republicans for sending politically charged text messages that disparaged President Donald Trump, was fired from the bureau late Friday, his attorney said on Monday.

The FBI has fired a longtime agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation after he sent text messages criticizing President Donald Trump to a colleague.
Former agent Peter Strzok (struhk) was removed from Mueller's team a year ago after the text messages were discovered....