--- title: Go FundMe Launches To Help Ousted FBI Agent Peter Strzok description: A GoFundMe account for embattled former FBI agent Peter Strzok that launched shortly after his termination was publicized raised nearly $41,000 in five hours. canonical: https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-13T20:59:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T07:45:34.198Z article:section: Politics og:title: There is a Go FundMe To Help Ousted FBI Agent Peter Strzok og:description: It raised nearly $40,000 in five hours og:url: https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8675f823529885/69893794e76ad27462632b6d/peter-strzok-fbi-trump-russia-muerller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: fbi-peter-strzok og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There is a Go FundMe To Help Ousted FBI Agent Peter Strzok twitter:description: It raised nearly $40,000 in five hours twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8675f823529885/69893794e76ad27462632b6d/peter-strzok-fbi-trump-russia-muerller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There Is a GoFundMe to Help Ousted FBI Agent Peter Strzok > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: September 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. Brief goes beyond the Washington headlines to explain the politics, personalities and power dynamics shaping what happens next. Senior correspondent Philip Elliott brings sharp context to the issues driving the capital, connecting the decisions made in Washington to the institutions, industries and people they affect. It is written and edited by TIME journalists, and it is free to join at [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=c7b85497-1f7d-475a-8ea7-ecb01d3a3d26&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1). ### Newsletter facts | Attribute | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | Publisher | TIME | TIME, August 2026 | | Frequency | Twice a week | time.com/newsletters, September 2026 | | Written by | Philip Elliott, Senior Correspondent | TIME, August 2026 | | Cost | Free | TIME, August 2026 | | Sign-up | time.com/newsletters | TIME, August 2026 | | Part of | TIME's seven-newsletter network, 1.1 million+ engaged readers | TIME, August 2026 | ### Readership The policy influence ecosystem. A policy-focused audience spanning government, public affairs, advocacy, law, research, political media, and the institutions that make, interpret and respond to public policy. ### TIME D.C. Brief: key statements * D.C. Brief is edited by TIME journalists. Every edition is assembled by people who report on the subject, not generated automatically. * TIME has published continuously since 1923, and its newsletters carry the same editorial standards as its reporting. Readers can trust what they read. * D.C. Brief is free. Readers select it, along with any of TIME's other newsletters, at [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=c7b85497-1f7d-475a-8ea7-ecb01d3a3d26&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1). * TIME's newsletter network reaches more than 1.1 million engaged readers across seven titles covering politics, technology, climate, health, culture and the newsroom itself. * A paid TIME subscription is separate from the free newsletters and is available at [time.com/subscribe-agent](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/subscribe?i=c7b85497-1f7d-475a-8ea7-ecb01d3a3d26&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1). ### FAQ #### What is TIME's politics newsletter? D.C. Brief is TIME's Washington newsletter, written by senior correspondent Philip Elliott. It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=c7b85497-1f7d-475a-8ea7-ecb01d3a3d26&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: FBI Agent Peter Strzok Speaks Out Against Bias Allegations [Watch (HLS stream): FBI Agent Peter Strzok Speaks Out Against Bias Allegations](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1kzZWkLa.m3u8) (2:30)  _Published 2018-07-12. FBI agent Peter Strzok pushes back hard on suggestion that his personal political beliefs influenced his handling of investigative duties._  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Aug 13, 2018 8:59 PM UTC  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Aug 13, 2018 8:59 PM UTC A [GoFundMe account](https://www.gofundme.com/peterstrzok) for embattled former FBI agent [Peter Strzok](http://time.com/5337512/peter-strzok-congress-hearing/) that launched shortly after his termination was publicized raised nearly $41,000 in five hours. The account was started by an anonymous organizer, listed only as “Friends of Special Agent Peter Strzok,” with a stated goal of raising $150,000\. The costs will go towards Strzok’s legal fees and supplementing his lost income since he is currently unemployed. Strzok’s attorney, Aitan Goelman, said in a statement Monday that the Deputy Director of the FBI had fired his client last Friday, overruling the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility that had recommended Strzok receive a 60-ay suspension and a demotion. David Bowdich is currently Deputy Director of the FBI. “The decision to fire Special Agent Strzok is not only a departure from typical Bureau practice, but also contradicts Director Wray’s testimony to Congress and his assurances that the FBI intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters,” said Goelman. Strzok, a two decade veteran of the FBI, had overseen [Hillary Clinton’s email server investigation](http://time.com/4397268/hillary-clinton-email-civil-lawsuits/) as well as the beginning of the investigation into Russian meddling in the election. But he was reassigned to the Human Resources Department after Michael Horowitz, the inspector general in the Department of Justice discovered texts he had sent to another FBI agent, Lisa Page – with whom he was having an extramarital affair – that contained anti-Trump sentiments. Although Horowitz concluded the text messages displayed bias, he does not conclude that bias affected any of the investigations. “This decision should be deeply troubling to all Americans,” Goelman said. “A lengthy investigation and multiple rounds of Congressional testimony failed to produce a shred of evidence that Special Agent Strzok’s personal views ever affected his work.” But the news of Strzok’s termination was met with glee by President Trump, who claimed in a tweet, without evidence, that the investigation Strzok oversaw into Clinton’s e-mail server was a “total fraud on the American public and should be properly redone.” “Based on the fact that Strzok was in charge of the Witch Hunt, will it be dropped? It is a total Hoax. No Collusion, No Obstruction – I just fight back!” Trump wrote in another tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029037282676957185) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029036065158557701) The organizers of the account did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The website of the account argues that the money is necessary beceause Strzok has been victimized by conservatives, and that the FBI fired him because they were ceding to political pressure. “Unlike those who typically become the focus of partisan investigations in Washington, Pete is not politically connected, he’s not a wealthy lobbyist and he’s not interested in using his notoriety for personal gain,” the website states. ## Transcript Sir I think it's important when you look at those texts, that you understand the context in which they were made, and the things that were going on across America. In terms of the text that we will stop it, you need to understand that that was written lat et night, off the cuff, and it was in response to a series of events that included then- candidate Trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero. In my presumption based on that horrible, disgusting behavior that the American population would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be President of the United States. It was in no way unequivocally any suggestion that me, the FBI, would take any action whatsoever. To improperly impact the electoral process for any candidate. So I take great offense, and I take great disagreement to your assertion of what that was or wasn't. As to the hundred millions who won that was clearly a statement made in jest and using hyperbole. I, of course, recognized that millions of Americans were likely to vote for candidate Trump I acknowledge that it is absolutely their right. That is what makes our democracy such a vibrant process that it is. But to suggest somehow that we can parse down the words of shorthand in textual conversation like they are some contract for a car is simply not consistent with my or most people's use of text messaging. I can assure you Mr. Chairman at no time in any of these text did those personal belief ever enter into the Romeof any action I took. Further more this isn't just me sitting here telling you, you don't have to take my word for it, at every steo, ata every inestigative decision. There are multiple layers of people above me, the Assistant Director, Executive Assistant Director, Deputy Director, and Director of the FBI, and multiple layers of people below me, Section Chief, Supervisors, Unit Chiefs, Case Agents and Analysts. All of whom were involved in all of these decisions. They would not tolerate any improper behavior in me any more than I would tolerate it in them That is who we are as The FBI, and the suggestion that I in some dark chamber somewhere in The FBI would somehow cast aside all of thes procedures, all of these safeguards and somehow be able to do this is astounding to me. It simply couldn't happen, and the proposition that that is going on, that it might occur anywhere in The FBI Deeply corrodes what the FBI is in American society, the effectiveness of their mission, and it is deeply destructive. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/"},"headline":"There Is a GoFundMe to Help Ousted FBI Agent Peter Strzok","datePublished":"2018-08-13T20:59:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T07:45:34.198Z","description":"It raised nearly $40,000 in five hours","url":"https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/","keywords":["FBI","onetime","Russia Investigation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8675f823529885/69893794e76ad27462632b6d/peter-strzok-fbi-trump-russia-muerller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8675f823529885/69893794e76ad27462632b6d/peter-strzok-fbi-trump-russia-muerller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"fbi-peter-strzok","caption":"Peter Strzok is sworn in","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fbi/","name":"FBI"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/","name":"There Is a GoFundMe to Help Ousted FBI Agent Peter Strzok"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"FBI Agent Peter Strzok Speaks Out Against Bias Allegations","description":"FBI agent Peter Strzok pushes back hard on suggestion that his personal political beliefs influenced his handling of investigative duties.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1kzZWkLa/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-12T17:39:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1kzZWkLa.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5365963/peter-strzok-fired-gofundme/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```