No Images? Click here FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok, who was taken off special counsel Robert Mueller’s team after Justice Department investigators discovered his texts disparaging President Donald Trump, has been fired from the bureau despite the recommendations of a career FBI official.Aitan Goelman, Strzok’s attorney, said in a statement that Strzok was fired late Friday afternoon on the orders of FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich, despite an FBI career official’s recommendation that Strzok face a 60-day suspension and a demotion.Goelman called the decision “a departure from typical Bureau practice” and said it contradicted FBI Director Chris Wray’s earlier guarantee that the bureau would follow its regular process, despite Trump’s disdain for the now-former FBI official.WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?Omarosa Manigault Newman released a new tape of Trump appearing unaware she was fired. This is the second recording she released from her time at the White House.The son of a retiring top GOP congressman gave money to the Democrat running for his father’s seat. Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s son is hoping to help turn Virginia blue in November.Stephen Miller’s uncle blasted him as an "immigration hypocrite." The senior policy adviser was reminded about his family’s roots in a scathing op-ed.ICYMI
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