PERSON: Lisa Page
Position
Former FBI Lawyer
Biography
Lisa Caroline Page was born on September 5, 1979 in the San Fernando Valley in California. When she was a teen, her family relocated to Ohio, where she was raised.
Lisa and her younger sister, Ashley Erica Page, inherit an Iranian heritage from their mother, Tamara Najarian. Iranian-born immigrant Najarian married Stephen Butler Page. She applied for naturalization in the late ‘70s.Stephen Page is an experienced management professional who has worked for major multinational companies. He has also authored books on finance and management.
After graduating high school, Page moved to Washington, D.C., where she attended American University and graduated cum laude with a BA in 2000. She would then return to Ohio to study law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, living with her parents to save money.
Straight out of law school, in 2006, Page was one of the elite few chosen for the Department of Justice Honors Program. That kickstarted her six-year career as a federal prosecutor and then counselor with the FBI’s office of general counsel.
She recalled the Boston Marathon bombing and Edward Snowden’s global surveillance leaks in 2013 as the defining events in her FBI career. In the reforms by the Obama administration that followed, Page was appointed to a special counsel position.
She rose through the FBI ranks until she became former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe’s special counsel.Page and FBI agent Peter Strzok were involved in the FBI’s investigation into Sec. Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information in 2016. After their affair and text exchanges were revealed, the two were dismissed from Robert Mueller’s investigation team.
Page was reportedly demoted to a less significant position, until she resigned from the FBI in May 2018. She has since joined a D.C.-based law firm.
Lisa and her younger sister, Ashley Erica Page, inherit an Iranian heritage from their mother, Tamara Najarian. Iranian-born immigrant Najarian married Stephen Butler Page. She applied for naturalization in the late ‘70s.Stephen Page is an experienced management professional who has worked for major multinational companies. He has also authored books on finance and management.
After graduating high school, Page moved to Washington, D.C., where she attended American University and graduated cum laude with a BA in 2000. She would then return to Ohio to study law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, living with her parents to save money.
Straight out of law school, in 2006, Page was one of the elite few chosen for the Department of Justice Honors Program. That kickstarted her six-year career as a federal prosecutor and then counselor with the FBI’s office of general counsel.
She recalled the Boston Marathon bombing and Edward Snowden’s global surveillance leaks in 2013 as the defining events in her FBI career. In the reforms by the Obama administration that followed, Page was appointed to a special counsel position.
She rose through the FBI ranks until she became former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe’s special counsel.Page and FBI agent Peter Strzok were involved in the FBI’s investigation into Sec. Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information in 2016. After their affair and text exchanges were revealed, the two were dismissed from Robert Mueller’s investigation team.
Page was reportedly demoted to a less significant position, until she resigned from the FBI in May 2018. She has since joined a D.C.-based law firm.
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