Trump's Personal Lawyer And Campaign Manager Both Going To Prison

[EricHiggin]

Final-Fan said:

EricHiggin said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Strzok

What are you defining as "the leaks"?  When Strzok was kicked from the investigation no one in the public had any idea why.  Are you calling it a "leak" when Mueller found out that they had texted each other inappropriately? 

You said, "I said "until someone else finds out what they've done"."  This is exactly what I'm calling into question.  Is there any reason to believe that the initial removal of Strzok from the investigation was only done after someone else found out in order to clean up the mess?  It's a question of whether the desire to clean house came from internal pressure (integrity, or more cynically reacting to potential future damage to reputation) or external pressure (reacting to ongoing damage to reputation).  Both of us have tried and failed to find evidence that this happened.  You're assuming that Mueller wouldn't have kicked him in August 2017 if the texts weren't already known about outside Mueller's team and related parties ("the leaks were already out well before then")—why are you assuming this must be the case? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Strzok#cite_note-43

"The decision by the DOJ to publicize the private messages in December 2017 was controversial. Statements by DOJ spokeswomen revealed that some reporters had copies of the texts even before the DOJ invited the press to review them, but the DOJ did not authorize the pre-release. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have asked for a review of the circumstances under which the texts were leaked to select press outlets."

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/peter-strzok-leaked-texts-mueller-probe

That's the direct link. So it seems the known leaks were after Strzok was booted, but before they were officially released. I thought the leaks were beforehand and then Mueller did what he had to do asap, but he still did, before the leaks started. Doesn't change the fact that Mueller picked his team and when your job is to solely to follow the law, he picked at least a few rotten apples, so why should the rest be assumed to be unbiased and reliable? That's not to say they are definitely corrupt either.