Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law

Peter Strzok Sues Attorney General and FBI Director

Quinta Jurecic
Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 2:51 PM

Former Special Agent Peter Strzok has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Attorney General Bill Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray, as well as the Justice Department and FBI, over Strzok's dismissal from the FBI and the release of Strzok's text messages with then-FBI employee Lisa Page. The complaint alleges violations of Strzok's First Amendment and due process rights, as well as a violation of the Privacy Act concerning the release of the text messages.

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Former Special Agent Peter Strzok has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Attorney General Bill Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray, as well as the Justice Department and FBI, over Strzok's dismissal from the FBI and the release of Strzok's text messages with then-FBI employee Lisa Page. The complaint alleges violations of Strzok's First Amendment and due process rights, as well as a violation of the Privacy Act concerning the release of the text messages. The complaint is available here and below.

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Quinta Jurecic is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare. She previously served as Lawfare's managing editor and as an editorial writer for the Washington Post.

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