story continued below the other agent , lisa page , had already ended her assignment to mueller 's office . two fbi agents on russia probe called trump an ' idiot ' messages could fuel gop claims that bias tainted clinton and trump investigations . copies of the messages obtained by politico the justice department provided congress with more than 350 text messages exchanged between fbi agent peter strzok and fbi lawyer lisa page . ” strzok : martin o’malley is a freakshow . two fbi employees who used to work for special counsel robert mueller have already been criticized by republicans for texts they shared insulting president donald trump . the ... special counsel robert mueller removed one of the agents from the russia probe " immediately " after learning of the texts in late july . he ’s the only judiciary committee ranking member jerrold nadler and two other panel democrats want to know why justice department released fbi agents sent during the 2016 presidential campaign . here is a selection of those texts : aug. 16 , 2015 lisa page : finally , and related to nothing , but i just saw my first bernie sanders bumper sticker . special counsel robert mueller removed one of the agents , peter strzok , from the russia probe " immediately " after learning of the texts in late july , the department said in a letter to lawmakers .