In FBI Agent’s Account, ‘Insurance Policy’ Text Referred to Russia Probe
Agent’s text was meant to convey the FBI needed to aggressively investigate allegations of collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia
By Del Quentin Wilber
Dec. 18, 2017 2:16 p.m. ET
An FBI agent’s reference to “an insurance policy†in a much-debated text message was meant to convey that the bureau needed to aggressively investigate allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, according to people familiar with his account.
The agent didn’t intend to suggest a secret plan to harm the candidate but rather address a colleague who believed the Federal Bureau of Investigation could take its time because Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was certain to win the election, the people said.
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