In May 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened a secret counterintelligence and criminal probe a week after President Donald Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, in an effort to determine whether Trump may have been acting as a Russian asset despite there being no evidence of a connection.
WH declassifies 2017 FBI probe targeting Trump after Comey ousting
Lillian Mann
Aug 5, 2026 | 8:19 PM



