The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board warned in an op-ed published Monday night that special counsel Robert Mueller “is too conflicted to investigate the FBI and should step down in favor of someone more credible,” after reports surfaced Saturday indicating that one of Mueller’s former staffers had sent anti-Trump text messages to his girlfriend.
Several outlets reported Saturday that FBI investigator Peter Strzok was ousted during the summer from Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election when Mueller discovered that Strzok had ridiculed Trump in texts with Lisa Page, also a former member of the team. The WSJ editorial board said it also was troubled by the Justice Department’s actions to withhold information and documents from the House Intelligence Committee “that would have exposed those texts.”
“Donald Trump is his own worst enemy, as his many ill-advised tweets on the weekend about Michael Flynn, the FBI and Robert Mueller’s Russia probe demonstrate,” the board wrote. “But that doesn’t mean that Mr. Mueller and the Federal Bureau of Investigation deserve a pass about their motives and methods, as new information raises troubling questions.”
The WSJ noted that the Justice Department “refused to answer questions about Mr. Strzok’s dismissal and refused to make him available for an interview” during congressional investigative proceedings. But when the stories about Strzok began pouring out over the weekend, the Justice Department agreed to authorize Strzok’s testimony to the House committee.
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