In Odd Move, One Of Mueller’s Investigators Leaves Trump-Russia Probe

[Right_in_Virginia]

In Odd Move, One Of Mueller’s Investigators Leaves Trump-Russia Probe
Daily Caller, Aug 16, 2017, Chuck Ross

One of the FBI officials recently brought onto the Trump-Russia investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller has left the team, according to a new report.

ABC News is reporting that Peter Strzok left the position for unknown reasons. He is now working in the FBI’s human resources department. It is unclear why the move was made.

CNN reported last month that Mueller had picked Strzok to manage the ever-expanding investigation into possible collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russian government.


More: http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/16/in-odd-move-one-of-muellers-investigators-leaves-trump-russia-probe/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Special counsel's Russia probe loses top FBI investigator
ABC News, Aug 16, 2017, Mike Levine

One of the FBI's top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year's presidential election, has left Mueller’s team, sources tell ABC News.

The recent departure of FBI veteran Peter Strzok is the first known hitch in a secretive probe that by all public accounts is charging full-steam ahead. Just last week, news surfaced that Mueller's team had executed a search warrant at the Virginia home of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. And the week before that ABC News confirmed Mueller is now using a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., to collect documents and other evidence.

It's unclear why Strzok stepped away from Mueller's team of nearly two dozen lawyers, investigators and administrative staff. Strzok, who has spent much of his law enforcement career working counterintelligence cases and has been unanimously praised by government officials who spoke with ABC News, is now working for the FBI's human resources division.

He is no stranger to complex and controversial investigations.

As chief of the FBI's counterespionage section last year, he helped oversee the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, and he took part in the FBI interview of the Democratic presidential candidate.


More: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-counsels-russia-probe-loses-top-fbi-investigator/story?id=49249486

[Oceander]

Wait, he got moved to HR?  That's a little odd.

[bigheadfred]

Wait, he got moved to HR?  That's a little odd.

Not a team player? Moved to the back of the bus?