The White House has declassified information claiming the FBI probed whether President Trump acted as a Russian asset when he fired James Comey, a theory an administration official said wasn't backed up by evidence.
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Kristin Brown
Updated on: August 5, 2026 / 6:17 AM EDT
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The investigation started shortly after the president fired the FBI director in 2017, the documents show.
The FBI later dropped the investigation in 2019 around the conclusion of the Mueller probe
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