Peter Strzok Says He Didn’t Know of Major Mistakes in Trump-Russia Probe Documents

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testifies at the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on "Oversight and Government Reform Joint Hearing on Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election" in Washington on July 12, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

A former top FBI official has said he did not know that the bureau wrongly said the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) conveyed sketchy claims regarding Donald Trump and Russia ahead of the 2016 election, despite being sent the documents containing the false details.

Both the opening and closing electronic communications (ECs), or documents, for the FBI probe into the claims of a secret backchannel between Trump’s business and Alfa Bank said they were referred by the DOJ.