Source: Fox News
Summary
The White House released documents showing the FBI opened an investigation in 2017 into whether President Donald Trump was acting on behalf of or under the influence of Russia when he fired FBI Director James Comey. The investigation, codenamed “Oxferd Comma,” aimed to determine whether Trump was directed by or coordinated with the Russian Federation in a manner constituting a threat to national security. The investigation was opened after Trump fired Comey in May 2017.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
The documents were released by the White House, which said they had been declassified and released through its Government Transparency Task Force. The investigation was opened after Trump fired Comey in May 2017. The FBI memo cited information developed during Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into whether individuals associated with Trump’s 2016 campaign were coordinating with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election. Trump initially cited Comey’s handling of the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as the reason for his ouster. The documents were published by the White House Wednesday.
The unusual spelling of “Oxferd Comma” with a zero instead of an “o” was speculated to be intended to make the records harder to find through FOIA searches.
Author: Evan Null
