Priestap indicated that not only would he have been alarmed by the discussion, but he would have required additional explanation as to what was actually being discussed, and why. Priestap: “Somebody talking about an insurance policy, I would have asked, ‘What the heck do you mean by that?'” While acknowledging he did indeed receive readouts of meetings, he testified there were none pertaining to this specific meeting, noting that he would have remembered seeing one if it had existed: Priestap was asked whether he had received a readout of that particular meeting. I was not aware of the Counterintelligence Division or the FBI having this insurance policy thing.” No, I know of the text, I mean, I saw in the media, the text that you’re referring to, but I’m at a loss for what they were referring to. Do you have any thought or any idea what the insurance policy was?” And the innuendo was that there was something held in abeyance should Mr. Baker: “There is a reference - again, these are the texts that have sort of become famous or widely reported - there is a reference to an insurance policy. And so, we all have our personal lives, what have you. But what I was trying to communicate is this better not interfere with things, if you know what I mean. I didn’t ask them if it was true, but they needed to know that that impression was out there. Lisa did not report to me, but I felt that they ought to be aware of what was being said. I also spoke to both Pete and Lisa about it. Priestap: “I spoke to Deputy Director McCabe about it. Priestap was informed of the possibility of the affair by one of Strzok’s two co-managers in the Clinton email investigation-either Moffa or FBI lawyer Sally Moyer:
Priestap noted during his June 5 interview that he had this discussion “about a year ago,” placing the meeting in mid-2017. It was Priestap that sat down with Strzok and Page and told them he’d heard rumors about their ongoing affair. Priestap said the decision would have to be made “at least at the assistant director level, where I sit.” Priestap also noted that if a field office resisted the agent’s move, the decision “could be elevated further.” The Affair Notification Baker: “Do you have any understanding of who did that hand selection?” Priestap: “ my understanding it was the first, that people were hand selected.” Priestap said it was his understanding the entire team had been personally chosen, and he was unaware of precisely who had controlled the selection process:
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