Peter Strzok on Investigating Election Interference

Peter Strzok resigned from the FBI over politically-charged texts amid his investigation into the relationship between Russian intelligence services and the Trump campaign.

An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Peter Strzok on Investigating Election Interference" was published on September 11, 2020 and runs 25 minutes.

September 11, 2020 ·25m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

Peter Strzok resigned from the FBI over politically-charged texts amid his investigation into the relationship between Russian intelligence services and the Trump campaign.

Episode Description

Peter Strzok resigned from the FBI over politically-charged texts amid his investigation into the relationship between Russian intelligence services and the Trump campaign.

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Peter Strzok, a 22-year veteran of the FBI and their former deputy assistant director of counterintelligence who headed up the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, now the author of Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), argues that despite any personal failings or opinions he expressed, his investigation in the ties between the Trump campaign and Russia should be taken seriously.