Peter Strzok has been fired!

Now for his prosecution.

Protected!

A Tennessee Democrat told Strzok he deserves a purple heart

Which is he: A patriot deserving of a purple heart, or a disgraced FBI agent with no credibility?

Why are taxpayers still paying for the privilege of his malignant presence on the FBI payroll?

Watching Peter Strzok testify before Congress I had the same feelings as Michael Goodwin of the New York Post.

...anger gave way to amazement as Strzok grew increasingly combative and condescending. Given his predicament, the sneering and smirking were stupid, and yet he persisted.

Who is this jerk, I wondered, and how in the hell did he get to be a big shot at the FBI? And why are taxpayers still paying for the privilege of his malignant presence on the FBI payroll?

My answers can be summarized in four names: James Comey, Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray. They are chief culprits in the death of public trust in the Department of Justice.

...Strzok, whose voluminous texts with his office lover show him to be a king of partisan bias, rose to leadership positions under former FBI director Comey — and it shows. Comey’s self-righteousness was his ultimate undoing, but not before he led the agency into a double death grip of corruption and rank partisanship.

Blinded by his own ambition, Comey brushed aside superiors, rules and maybe laws while giving Hillary Clinton a free pass and turning the screws on Donald Trump. Comey defends himself by saying he sought to protect the FBI’s independence, as if it — and he — are a fourth branch of government that is beyond accountability from the other three.

His stated contempt for Trump and his promise to stop him from becoming president render Strzok unfit to be a dogcatcher.

But, aping his mentors, he nonetheless demands his denials of wrongdoing be accepted as if his integrity is self-evident. All three believe they are entitled to trust and respect, without having to earn or return either.

...And so the corruption of the Justice Department proceeds, unmolested by actual justice. The voter revolution of 2016 has more work to do.

Read more here.

Wrapping himself in the protective gauze of the anti-Trump resistance.

George Neumayr writes at The American Spectator,

...Like John Brennan, who calls himself “non-partisan” while making the most insanely partisan points, Strzok asserted that his “political opinions” didn’t count as bias and certainly didn’t explain or affect his official conduct. That is, if you don’t count his expressing them on an FBI device during FBI time while trashing the subject of an FBI investigation to another FBI member working on the same FBI case with whom he was breaking FBI rules. Trust me, Strzok said to the committee, he has kept his “oath.” Maybe the committee should check with his wife about his oath-keeping record.

...The lying bluff here is sickening. The FBI knows damn well that Hillary’s opposition research drove the bogus investigation. The FBI only invented the sham George Papadopoulos story — which is pitiful, non-conclusive hearsay that doesn’t come anywhere close to Strzok’s description of “intelligence” justifying a counterintelligence probe — because it doesn’t want to admit that it was spying on a Republican campaign based on smears from the Democratic campaign. There is no other reason than that for its stonewalling.

One act of obvious perjury during the hearing was Strzok’s claim — which he presented as incontrovertible proof of his apolitical professionalism — that he “never” spoke to reporters about the investigation before election day. Strzok didn’t even bother to coordinate this lie with his defense attorney, who has previously admitted that Strzok talked to reporters about the investigation. Strzok’s attorney wrote an Op-Ed in USA Today saying that “Peter and others” at the FBI “actively ensured that news reports didn’t overplay the seriousness of the investigation.” How did he do that without talking to them?

...It is too bad the Republicans didn’t ask Strzok about his relationship with John Brennan, to whom Strzok served as FBI liaison. Did Strzok encourage Brennan to leak information about the investigation to Harry Reid before election day? The question wasn’t asked, but it should have been. The Brennan-Strzok relationship, which was nourished by an intense hatred of Trump, lies at the root of this scandal.

...The Strzok on display at the hearing was the same arrogant bureaucrat on display in the texts — an abusive, ruling-class jerk who still thinks he deserves a place on the Mueller probe. Making Mueller look like an ass and cementing his probe’s reputation as a partisan clown show, Strzok insisted that his removal from it had nothing to do with unprofessional behavior but with a mere “appearance” problem, one he blamed not on his own conduct but on Republicans “misinterpreting” his texts. This is chutzpah on a breathtaking scale, which would be inconceivable were the target of his blundering espionage anyone other than Trump. Strzok’s “insurance policy” against Trump had a provision for his career too. He would survive exposure by wrapping himself in the protective gauze of the anti-Trump resistance.

Read more here.

Strzok declared that even asking him about his bias "is just another victory notch in Putin's belt and another milestone in our enemies' campaign to tear American apart."

Ace writes,

Strzok declared that even asking him about his bias "is just another victory notch in Putin's belt and another milestone in our enemies' campaign to tear American apart."

I wonder if he used that line when his wife asked him where he was last night. "Your questioning my whereabouts last night," I imagine him thundering, "is exactly what Vladimir Putin wants, Traitor."

Read more here.

Creepy Strzok

When your girlfriend is more important than your wife, your politics more important than your country, and your ego more important than history,... pic.twitter.com/R3xcQLmgBn

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) July 13, 2018

Tweets about Strzok's testimony

Dan Friedman tweeted,

Strzok says he does not recall writing the "we'll stop" Trump from becoming president text, but that by we, he meant the American people, not he and the FBI, would stop Trump's election.

James Hasson replied,

Kind of odd to not remember writing something but to also remember your exact thought process when you wrote it.

Sean Davis tweeted,

Strzok--who slept with an FBI co-worker behind his wife's back, texted that he wanted to stop Trump, that he was an f'ing idiot, and that Trump voters were ignorant hillbillies--just claimed that he held himself to the highest possible standard while investigating Trump.

John Hayward replied,

I would no more betray the noble principles of this esteemed Bureau than I would betray my sacred vows to my wife. Wait, let me rephrase that...

A hater, and a true believer in the Deep State

Okay, I admit it. From time to time I checked in on the livestream of Creep Strzok's testimony today. At The Conservative Treehouse, commenter

Jederman says:
July 12, 2018 at 4:07 pm
As fun as it may be to see congressmen poking at him, they won’t be delivering any justice on this or most any other outrage. It’s for the cameras. I’m tired of it. He committed crimes, he should be punished. That’s it. No kabuki, no showmanship, no feel good lines, just straight up termination, forfeit pension, jail. That, and it should be obvious by his demeanor, is ALL that will get his attention. He’s a hater and a true believer in the DS.

Creepy Strzok is testifying before Congress.

If you want to watch him and the inept Congress critters go here.