White House declassifies FBI investigation into whether Trump was working as Russian asset
- The FBI opened an investigation in 2017 into whether President Trump was “wittingly or unwittingly” a Russian intelligence asset, according to documents declassified by the White House.
- The documents include a May 16, 2017, filing, which cited the FBI’s prior Crossfire Hurricane probe into Russian election meddling, as well as the firing that month of FBI Director James Comey.
- The investigation sought in part to probe whether “President Trump and others yet to be named obstructed and/or conspired to obstruct any associated FBI investigation,” noting that the president’s rationale for firing Come
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- The FBI opened an investigation in 2017 into whether President Trump was “wittingly or unwittingly” a Russian intelligence asset, according to documents declassified by the White House.
- The documents include a May 16, 2017, filing, which cited the FBI’s prior Crossfire Hurricane probe into Russian election meddling, as well as the firing that month of FBI Director James Comey.
- The investigation sought in part to probe whether “President Trump and others yet to be named obstructed and/or conspired to obstruct any associated FBI investigation,” noting that the president’s rationale for firing Come
Sources: The Independent