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STRZOK v. GARLAND et al

  1. September 23, 2025

    FBI Agent's Firing Didn't Violate 1st Amendment, Court Rules

    A D.C. federal judge granted the U.S. government a summary judgment win Tuesday over a former FBI agent who said he was wrongly fired after his text messages disparaging President Donald Trump became public, agreeing with the agency that avoiding the appearance of bias outweighed other concerns.

  2. June 12, 2025

    DC Judge Skeptical That Politics Sparked FBI Agent's Firing

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday sought to suss out whether the appearance of bias or GOP outcry was to blame for the firing of an FBI agent whose text messages disparaging President Donald Trump became public.

  3. September 18, 2024

    FBI Agent's Firing Squares With First Amendment, Feds Say

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a District of Columbia federal judge to reject First Amendment claims by Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who was fired in 2018 after his disparaging text messages about Donald Trump became public and caused a scandal for the agency.

  4. July 26, 2024

    DOJ Inks Deals With Ex-FBI Agent, Atty Over Release Of Texts

    The U.S. Department of Justice and two former FBI employees whose texts disparaging former President Donald Trump were made public told a Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday they have reached settlements in their privacy rights cases.

  5. July 06, 2023

    DOJ Loses Bid To Block Trump Deposition In FBI Agent Case

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday refused to reconsider her order allowing former President Donald Trump to be deposed by attorneys for former FBI employees suing the government after their texts were made public, shooting down the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to block the deposition.

  6. February 23, 2023

    ​​​​​​​Trump And FBI Director Can Be Deposed By Ex-FBI Agent

    Former President Donald Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray can be deposed by attorneys for two former FBI employees who separately sued the government after their text messages criticizing the former president were made public, a D.C. federal judge ruled on Thursday.

  7. January 26, 2021

    Ex-FBI Agent Asks Court To Enforce Subpoena Against Trump

    A veteran FBI agent fired allegedly for sending anti-Trump text messages is urging a D.C. federal court to compel the ex-president's campaign to comply with a request for documents in an unfair termination suit against the agency, adding that the organization should also explain why it shouldn't be held in contempt.

  8. September 25, 2020

    DOJ Must Face Privacy Battles Over Exposed FBI Texts

    Former FBI agent Peter Strzok and onetime prosecutor Lisa Page won green lights Friday to move ahead with their lawsuits accusing the Justice Department of violating privacy laws by publicly releasing anti-Trump texts the two exchanged during the 2016 presidential election.

  9. August 06, 2019

    Ex-Agent Sues FBI After Being Fired For Anti-Trump Texts

    A Federal Bureau of Investigation agent canned over anti-Trump texts he sent during the 2016 presidential campaign hit his ex-employer with an unfair termination suit in Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday, alleging his firing violated the U.S. Constitution.