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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Terence Repelente

FBI Secretly Investigated Trump as Possible 'Russian Asset' After Comey Firing, Declassified Memos Show

The White House declassified files revealing that the FBI historically launched a secret investigation into whether President Donald Trump was acting as a Russian asset when he fired FBI Director James Comey (Credit: The White House / Wikimedia Commons)

The FBI opened a secret counterintelligence investigation into Donald Trump after he fired James Comey, with newly declassified memos showing agents examined whether the president may have been acting on behalf of Russia.

The investigation, codenamed 'Oxferd Comma,' was opened on 16 May 2017, one week after Trump dismissed Comey as FBI director.

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