Embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok said he wrote an anti-Trump email after the future president insulted the Muslim Gold Star parents of a 27-year-old Army captain who was killed by a car bomb in 2004 in Iraq as he tried to save other troops.
“I think it’s important, when you look at those texts, that you understand the context in which they were made and the things that were going on across America,” Strzok told lawmakers during a tense hearing on Capitol Hill, referring to a text he sent to his lover and FBI colleague Lisa Page in which he wrote “We will stop it,” referring to Trump’s election.
“In terms of the texts — ‘We will stop it’ — you need to understand that was written late at night, off-the-cuff, and in response it to a series of events that included candidate Trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero,” he said, his voice rising as he was being grilled by Rep. Trey Gowdy.
“And my presumption, based on that horrible, disgusting behavior, was that [Americans] would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be president of the United States,” he continued.
“It was in no way, unequivocally, any suggestion that me, the FBI, would take any action whatsoever to improperly impact the electoral process for any candidate.”
Khizr Khan and his wife Ghazala appeared at the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 2016 in support of Hillary Clinton.
Trump later criticized the couple and questioned why Ghazala Khan didn’t speak, suggesting that she wasn’t allowed to because of her faith and culture.