Trump target Lisa Page sues Justice Department, FBI over 'unlawful' disclosure of texts with Peter S

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Source: cnbc


Trump target Lisa Page sues Justice Department, FBI over ‘unlawful’ disclosure of texts with Peter Strzok



Published Tue, Dec 10 2019 2:57 PM EST Updated Moments Ago




Key Points

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page sued the Justice Department and the FBI over what she claims were illegal disclosures to media outlets of her text messages with an FBI agent with whom she was having an affair.
Page has been a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s barbed tweets and comments.
Trump has argued that the bias against him by the married Page and FBI Agent Peter Strzok as displayed in their text messages played a key role in the FBI’s decision to launch an investigation of members of his 2016 campaign.





Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page — who has been a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s barbed tweets and comments — on Tuesday sued the Justice Department and the FBI over what she claims were illegal disclosures to media outlets of her nearly 400 text messages with an FBI agent with whom she was having an affair.

Page’s lawsuit alleging violation of the Privacy Act came a day after the Justice Department’s internal watchdog in a new report said she “did not play a role in the decision” to open a probe into the Trump’s 2016 campaign or related cases.


Page’s text messages with Strzok were released “to a group of reporters” as part of a 90-page document by the Justice Department in December 2017, notes her suit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C.

The officials who authorized their release “and their allies sought to use, and ultimately did use, the messages to promote the false narrative that [Page] and others at the FBI were biased against President Trump, had conspired to undermine him, and had otherwise had engaged in allegedly criminal acts, including treason.”...........................


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I do not see a link to the actual lawsuit or who is named. but it is a developing story. stay tuned.

More power to her.

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Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page, center, walks to a House Judiciary Committee closed door meeting in the Rayburn House Office Building, on July 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images

[Cartoonist]

1. She should sue Trump

Didn't he accuse her of treason?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. What a weak government we would have if it didn't

investigate political collusion and funding from foreign sources. I would argue almost any allegation of such should be looked at. If there's nothing there, go home. But "Russia if you're listening" was an alarm bell.

[pecosbob]

3. I'd seek public denouncement and dismissal of all involved, if such an award is possible

[DVRacer]

4. This will fail for one main reason

The texts released were from her work provided phone. I have explained to others at DOJ do not use your work phone for anything personal in nature. Sorry if I’m cold water.

[wishstar]

6. Doesn't matter that her phone was a work phone- her privacy rights were violated by the release

The public release was an abuse of power. She was not entitled to privacy from government officials to be able to review her phone records and discipline her if warranted, but she was entitled to have her personal communications kept private and not intentionally publicly released.

[DVRacer]

7. That's not how it works

[madville]

8. This was timed with the release of the IG report

Perhaps just to influence public opinion. Regardless, you are correct, every federal user agreement states that any personal communications on government systems may not be private or protected and may become official records, especially if specifically requested as part of an investigation or FOIA request. The case will not go far, just because there is no expectation of privacy on government systems.

[abqtommy]

5. YOU GO GIRL! no disrespect to Lisa Page or any other real or trans girl is intended