Special counsel brings on FBI official who oversaw Clinton email investigation

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




By Shimon Prokupecz, CNN
Updated 3:48 PM ET, Thu July 13, 2017

(CNN)Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought on Peter Strzok, a senior FBI official who oversaw the Hillary Clinton email investigation, to help manage his investigation into Russian election meddling, according to two US officials briefed on the matter.

Strzok helped oversee the beginnings of the Russia probe last summer at the FBI.A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.

Strzok joins a team of more than 25 people. That team includes attorneys, FBI employees and support staff, according to Peter Carr, the spokesman for special counsel.

The team has now moved into new office space in southwest DC, about a mile away from Justice Department headquarters. The special counsel's initial office space lacked secure meeting rooms, known as SCIFs, for reviewing classified materials.

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[MedusaX]

1. Time for a bit of reverse engineering on the email hack, perhaps?

Shows that Mueller recognizes importance of reaching out to those who have the most relevant experience...
plus
should save a great deal of time from being wasted by not having to replicate work that has already been done.

[Chakaconcarne]

2. More fodder for the rw conspirators though...

Obviously anyone that cleared Hillary will have the fix in for trump.

[Sunlei]

5. so what- let Republican fox build their bullshit mountian to the moon if they want to.

[Skittles]

3. they need to STOP CALLING IT MEDDLING

this CYBER WARFARE

[Sunlei]

4. Bring it ALL to the table.