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White House releases declassified FBI memos on Comey firing probe
Fox News • • nation
Key Points:
- Newly declassified FBI memos reveal that in 2017, the bureau launched a counterintelligence investigation codenamed "Oxferd Comma" to explore whether President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey was linked to Russia.
- The investigation aimed to determine if Trump was acting as a Russian asset or coordinating with the Russian government in a way that threatened U.S. national security or violated federal laws, as well as whether he obstructed the FBI's inquiries.
- The probe began shortly after Comey's dismissal in May 2017 and was closed in April 2019 following Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which found no conclusive evidence of conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.
- Attorney General William Barr later appointed John Durham to review the FBI's initiation of the Russia investigation, concluding in 2023 that the FBI lacked sufficient factual basis for the Crossfire Hurricane probe and showed bias in its procedures.
