FBI to Have Strzok and Page Preserve Records on Personal Devices as Part of FOIA Lawsuit
Ronn Blitzer, Law & Crime, May 23, 2018
Watchdog group Judicial Watch is in the middle of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice, where they’re seeking records of communications of FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. Strzok and Page, who reportedly were having an extramarital affair, are known to have exchanged text messages including derogatory messages about Donald Trump, which led to Special Counsel Robert Mueller dismissing Strzok from the Russia investigation. The FBI now says that they will order the two to preserve agency records on their personal devices and accounts, in response to Judicial Watch’s lawsuit.
Earlier this week, Judge Reggie Walton ordered the FBI to turn over 500 pages of responsive documents by June 29. According to Judicial Watch, there are more than 13,000 pages of unreleased emails between Strzok and Page sent between February 1, 2015 and December 2017. Each month, the FBI will have to turn over an additional 500 pages, with both sides of the case providing quarterly status reports.
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