Peter Sztrok sought to capitalize on news reports about dossier
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/14/strzok-text-message-trump-interviews/
"A new text message shows that Peter Strzok wanted to use reports about the release of the Steele dossier as an excuse to interview witnesses in the Trump-Russia probe
“We’re discussing whether, now that this is out, we use it as a pretext to go interview some people,” Strzok wrote to FBI lawyer Lisa Page
Weeks later, the FBI approached former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos under the guise of interviewing him about his contacts with an alleged source for the dossier "
So the FBI was leaking to the media and then using those reports as a pretext to widen the investigation and conduct interviews on American citizens.
This is corruption beyond measure
And to think the OPR only wanted to suspend Peter Sztrok for 60 days. Now we know why Deputy Director Bowditch overruled their recommendation and fired him