Newly declassified FBI records are shedding fresh light on one of the most controversial episodes of Donald Trump’s first presidency.
According to documents released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force, the FBI opened a previously undisclosed investigation days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. The extraordinary probe examined whether the newly elected president could have been acting, knowingly or unknowingly, on behalf of the Russian government.
The investigation carried the unusual codename “Oxferd Comma” and was formally opened on May 16, 2017—just one week after Trump removed Comey from office.
