'FBI Lovebirds' Strzok-Page performance brings down the house at CPAC
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News
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"FBI Lovebirds" was the first-ever play to be held at the annual
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday.
The play was a dramatic reading of the controversial text messages made between former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who were under the subject of intense scrutiny during the Mueller investigation over their expressed animus towards President Trump during the 2016 election.
The text messages, read aloud by actors Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson who played Strzok and Page respectively, sparked plenty of laughs and rounds of applause from the audience.
Cain, a frequent Fox News guest, is best known for playing Clark Kent/Superman in the TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." Swanson is best known for her portrayal of Buffy Summers in the movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Swanson also starred in "Pretty in Pink," "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" and "Big Daddy."
The roughly 50-minute performance, which was shortened from the original play for CPAC, was followed by a question-and-answer session with the actors as well as conservative filmmaker Phelim McAleer, who wrote play, and his wife, Anne McAleer, a producer.
Cain revealed that the dress Swanson wore to the CPAC performance matched what Page wore to her congressional testimony.
Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, left, arrives for a closed doors interview with the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees, Monday, July 16, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Strzok's message to Page invoking "insurance policy," which fueled speculation among the president's supporters that members in the Department of Justice were attempting to oust Trump. The FBI agent, who was originally part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russia's involvement in the 2016 election was removed when the text messages emerged.