Two FBI agents assigned to the Russia investigation exchanged text messages

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#BREAKING: Two FBI agents assigned to the Russia investigation exchanged text messages referring to Trump as an "idiot"

Two FBI agents assigned to the investigation into alleged collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia exchanged text messages referring to the future president as an "idiot," according to copies of messages turned over to Congress Tuesday night by the Justice Department.

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

The other agent, Lisa Page, had already ended her assignment to Mueller's office.

Copies of the messages obtained by POLITICO show the pair reacting to various developments as the presidential race unfolded and that their reaction to Trump was negative from early on.

“I just saw my first Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. Made me want to key the car," Page wrote in an August 2015 exchange.

“He’s an idiot like Trump. Figure they cancel each other out,” Strzok replied.

The messages, which were turned up during a Justice Department inspector general investigation into potential political influence on investigative decisions during the campaign, are fueling Republican calls for a second special counsel to investigate Mueller's operation. In total, 375 texts were turned over by the Justice Department.

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Mueller removed one of the agents from the Russia probe "immediately" after learning of the texts in late July, the department said in a letter to lawmakers

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