Clinton campaign propaganda appears to have triggered Obama administration spying on Trumps campaign. The FBIs deputy director Andrew McCabe testified Tuesday at a marathon seven-hour closed-door hearing of the House Intelligence Committee. According to the now-infamous text message sent by FBI agent Peter Strzok to his paramour, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, it was in McCabes office that top FBI counterintelligence officials discussed what they saw as the frightening possibility of a Trump presidency.