Article snippet: Republicans are floating the idea that FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials formed a “secret society” that held meetings in which they plotted to undermine MORE and his administration. Two FBI agents accused by Republicans of harboring anti-Trump bias exchanged text messages, one of which mentioned a “secret society” — possibly as a private joke. The message, first described by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman MORE (R-Texas), lacks context and the lawmakers have admitted that they don't know for sure what it means. But the term has caught fire in conservative media and Republicans have promoted the text as a potentially explosive development, implying it confirms suspicions that the FBI gave MORE an election-year pass but remain hell-bent on bringing charges against Trump. Liberals claim Republicans are selectively leaking out-of-context text messages, irresponsibly fueling an elaborate conspiracy theory meant to undermine special counsel MORE’s claims about his handling of the Clinton investigation; and appearing to discuss ways they could limit Trump once he became president. But Democrats say Republicans are selectively leaking the messages in a way that is misleading. They argue that all FBI agents have personal opinions and that it doesn’t preclude them from doing their jobs. Text messages between two agents does not implicate an entire agency, which relies on the work of scores of career prosecutors and agents acting indep... Link to the full article to read more