Peter Strzok, the former FBI official who sent dozens of text messages disparaging President Donald Trump while investigating his campaign for alleged links with Russia, has filed a lawsuit against the bureau alleging that it caved in to “unrelenting pressure from President Trump and his political allies in Congress, and the media” when the decision was made to fire Strzok.
In the lawsuit (pdf), Strzok claims that the FBI had violated his rights to express protected political speech and that the Justice Department (DOJ) had violated his privacy when it shared hundreds of his text messages with reporters.
