Federal Judge Rejects Strzok’s Claims, Upholds FBI Firing Over Anti-Trump Texts

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has dismissed former FBI agent Peter Strzok’s claims that his 2018 termination from the agency violated his constitutional rights, affirming the FBI’s decision to fire him for sending anti-Trump text messages during the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia.

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, appointed by President Barack Obama, ruled that Strzok’s First Amendment and Fifth Amendment claims lacked merit. The court found that Strzok’s use of an FBI phone to express political opinions about Trump, a subject of an ongoing investigation, undermined the agency’s need to maintain impartiality and operational integrity under then-Director Christopher Wray.

“The FBI’s interest in avoiding the appearance of bias in its investigations and protecting its law enforcement operations outweighed [Strzok’s] interest in expressing his opinions,” Jackson’s order stated.

Addressing Strzok’s Fifth Amendment due process claim, the court rejected assertions that he had a protected property interest in his job or was denied notice and a hearing before his termination. “There is no evidence to support a finding that plaintiff entered into a contract that gave him a property interest in his tenure,” the order noted, dismissing Strzok’s portrayal of the facts as a “misrepresentation” and “distortion of the chronology.”

The ruling, issued under seal, may be fully unsealed pending objections from the parties by September 30, 2025. The decision reinforces the FBI’s authority to discipline agents whose actions compromise public trust, particularly in high-stakes investigations like Crossfire Hurricane.

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