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Article snippet: Peter Strzok, the counterintelligence agent who texted that “we’ll stop” then-candidate MORE from becoming president, defended himself from allegations of bias during a closed-door interview with House investigators on Wednesday, characterizing his messages as private remarks exchanged in the course of an intimate relationship. He told investigators from the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees that he regretted the messages, to FBI lawyer Lisa Page, with whom he was having an affair. Beyond that spare accounting, Republicans and Democrats painted very different portraits of Strzok’s more-than-eight-hour interview, which took place behind closed doors and was still ongoing as of 6 p.m. Wednesday. House conservatives hinted gravely that they had learned unspecified new information that is connected to the FBI’s handling of investigations during the 2016 election — but provided no evidence or specifics to substantiate their claims. “I’m not teasing you. I promise you — there is additional information that comes out,” Rep. MORE (R-N.C.) said, when pressed. “If they want to ask questions that they already know the answers to, that’s up to them,” he added in an apparent reference to Democrats. “We’re finding additional information.” Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE’s probe. “None of my concerns about political bias have been alleviated based on what I’ve heard so far,” Meadows told reporters. Democrats, meanwhile, left the meeting convinced... Link to the full article to read more