Thousands of cellphones given to FBI employees were unable to properly archive texts for months due to a "technical glitch," Fox News reported Wednesday, citing federal officials. The glitch prevented agents' messages from being "stored or uploaded into the bureau's archive system" — including messages exchanged by two former FBI employees who have emerged as central figures in the debate over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
On Sunday, the Justice Department announced that the FBI was missing five months of texts between Special Agent Peter Strzok and bureau lawyer Lisa Page, both of whom briefly served on Mueller's team. Strzok was previously removed from the FBI probe after it was revealed that he had disparaged the president in texts he'd sent to Page; the two were romantically involved.
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