FBI leaders, including then-Director James Comey, were “fired up” when they thought they had nailed a connection between the Trump campaign and Russia — which ultimately was proven false, text messages and court testimony revealed Tuesday.On Sept. 21, 2016, two days after Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann gave then-FBI General Counsel James Baker info about a supposed digital back channel between the Trump Organization and Moscow-based Alfa Bank, agent Joe Pientka texted colleague Curtis Heide: “People on 7th floor to include Director are fired up about this server.”The “7th floor” refers to the most senior FBI agents and officials, who have their offices on the seventh floor of bureau headquarters in Washington.
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