If you haven't seen the video above, from today's House hearing, just sit back and enjoy. More: The embattled F.B.I. agent who oversaw the opening of the Russia investigation mounted an aggressive personal defense on Thursday, rejecting accusations that he let his private political views bias his official actions.... “Let me be clear, unequivocally and under oath: not once in my 26 years of defending my nation did my personal opinions impact any official action I took,” the agent, Peter Strzok, was to tell House lawmakers investigating what they say is evidence of rampant bias at the top levels of the F.B.I. In his first public comments, he concluded his prepared remarks with a pointed broadside against his antagonizers. “I understand we are living in a political era in which insults and insinuation often drown out honesty and integrity,” Mr.