FBI secretly opened probe alleging Trump fired Comey because he was a Russian asset, declassified memos show

The record

Publisher

The White House

Source

The White House

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Release

Jurisdiction

United States

Topics

Executive actions

Importance

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Published (source time)

2026-08-05 10:51 UTC

First seen on Kresmion

2026-08-05 11:11 UTC, 20 min after publication

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Source: The White House. U.S. Government work.

The publisher's summary

By John Solomon The FBI opened a criminal probe specifically targeting Donald Trump in May 2017, alleging the newly elected president may have been acting as a Russian asset when he fired then-Director James Comey even though the bureau’s own evidence overwhelmingly showed at the time there was no collusion with the Kremlin. Internal FBI […] The post FBI secretly opened probe alleging Trump fired Comey because he was a Russian asset, declassified memos show appeared first on The White House .

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