Pete Strzok on 'Compromised'
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🗓️ 11 September 2020
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Peter Strzok served in the FBI from 1996 to 2018 and eventually became the deputy head of the counterintelligence division, where he supervised, among other things, the Russia investigation, both at the FBI and later under Robert Mueller. His new book is called, "Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump." Benjamin Wittes sat down with Peter for an extended conversation over Zoom, sponsored by the Georgetown Center for Security Studies, to discuss the book, Pete's own history, why he still thinks the president is compromised by the Russians and his response to criticisms of the way the Russia investigation was conducted.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:32.6 | The fact of the matter is Russia intervened in our election in 2016 with a specific intent |
| 0:40.2 | to hurt Clinton and help Trump. |
| 0:42.0 | One, two, the Trump campaign knew they were trying to do that and welcomed the assistance. |
| 0:49.6 | And that three, that assistance was provided. |
| 0:52.6 | That was standing the stumbling around by members of the campaign and whether or not |
| 0:55.9 | they were actually able to effectuate a close coordinated relationship in doing that. |
| 1:00.2 | But the fact of the matter is that my belief in an election that was that close as we |
| 1:04.8 | had in 2016, that the Russian assistance to Trump caused the result that occurred. |
| 1:13.8 | I'm Benjamin Wittes and this is the LawFair podcast September 11, 2020. |
| 1:20.7 | Peter Struck served in the FBI from 1996 to 2018 and eventually became the deputy head |
| 1:29.4 | of the counterintelligence division where he supervised among other things the Russia investigation, |
| 1:38.1 | both at the FBI and later under Robert Mueller. |
| 1:42.6 | His new book is called Compromised Counterintelligence and the threat of Donald J. Trump. |
| 1:49.2 | Peter and I sat down for an extended conversation. |
| 1:52.9 | Over Zoom sponsored by the Georgetown Center for Security Studies, part of the Walsh School |
| 2:00.0 | of Foreign Service. |
| 2:01.8 | It's a wide-ranging conversation covering Pete's own history, covering why he still thinks |
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