Morning Jolt: Why Did Two FBI Officials Discuss an ‘Insurance Policy’ In Case of Trump’s Election?

Why the heck were high-level officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation discussing an "insurance plan" in case of Trump's victory?

In a text from August 15, 2016, Peter Strzok tells Lisa Page: "I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy's office" -- an apparent reference to Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe -- "that there's no way he gets elected -- but I'm afraid we can't take that risk. It's like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you're 40." Page does not appear to have responded, according to records reviewed by CNN.

As the former No. 2 official in counterintelligence, Strzok helped lead the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server and was involved in opening the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, but he was reassigned to the human resources division this summer. Page was also briefly on Mueller's team before returning to the FBI, but she completed her detail before the special counsel's office was made aware of ...

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Why Did Two FBI Officials Discuss an 'Insurance Policy' In Case of Trump's Election? Jim Geraghty Why the heck were high-level officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation discussing an "insurance plan" in case of Trump's victory? In a text from August 15, 2016, Peter Strzok tells Lisa Page: "I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy's office" -- an apparent reference to Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe -- "that there's no way he gets elected -- but I'm afraid we can't take that risk. It's like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you're 40." Page does not appear to have responded, according to records reviewed by CNN. As the former No. 2 official in counterintelligence, Strzok helped lead the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server and was involved in opening the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, but he was reassigned to the human resources division this summer. Page was also briefly on Mueller's team before returning to the FBI, but she completed her detail before the special counsel's office was made aware of ... READ MORE Will Football Survive? Theodore Kupfer All the pat talk about the declining ratings of the National Football League glides past one fact: Football is one product with a stratospherically high floor. Even when sales dips for the NFL,... Media's Unhinged Attacks on Trump Recall the Treatment of Nixon Conrad Black Media's Unhinged Attacks on Trump Recall the Treatment of Nixon ADVERTISEMENT For Republicans, a Reckoning Is Coming Mona Charen Republican politics was starting to feel like a version of Mel Brooks's The Producers. In the play, two scammers devise a tax write-off scheme in which they will make a killing by losing money... By Endorsing Moore, Trump Sunk the U.S. Presidency to Unplumbed Depths George Will The first time ended badly, so when, 156 years later, Alabamians were incited to again try secession, this time from the national consensus that America is a pretty nice place, they said: No.... Last Night, the New South Defeated the Old South David French I was born in Opelika, Ala., in 1969. My parents were students at Auburn University, and after they graduated I spent my entire childhood in the South, moving from Alabama to Louisiana to... A Righteous Dent Jay Nordlinger Editor's Note: As part of the National Review Institute's End-of-Year Appeal, NRI fellows are sharing words of wisdom and inspiration. Today, Jay Nordlinger discusses NRI's programmatic... ADVERTISEMENT Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45 Peter Caddick-Adams "[Caddick-Adams] illuminates the Battle of the Bulge until he has run out of facets. He layers context and connections with an inclusive style. Both the reader who knows nothing or little of this battle and the maven steeped in Bulgeiana will come away...educated and sated. Snow and Steel is a treasure." - Michael Dolan, Senior Editor, World War II Magazine LEARN MORE Santa Season Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.