A majority of time during former President Trump’s first term was spent focusing on the RussiaGate scandal and everything that happened because of it.
Trump himself couldn’t help but become a bit obsessed with it as well. From his point of view, it appeared as though the outgoing Obama administration had obtained all the proper resources to “spy” on the 2016 Trump campaign, which is an ethical morass for obvious reasons.
In one of his final acts as the President, Donald Trump declassified a pile of documents pertaining to that investigation, most likely in hopes of clearing his name.
In his final full day in office, President Donald Trump says he has declassified information related to the FBI’s investigation into ties between Russia and his 2016 presidential campaign.
He did not reveal what that information was Tuesday, except to say that it was included in a binder of materials that the Justice Department had provided to the White House at his request late last month.
The material being declassified relates to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s code name for the investigation it began in 2016 into whether the Trump campaign was coordinating with Russia to tip the election. The declassification move is part of a continuing effort by Trump and his allies, including in Congress, to release information aimed at discrediting the Russia probe.
Trump says he has accepted redactions proposed by the FBI, which had objected to the declassification.
The documents could be fodder for Republicans in Congress, as some appear to still be loyal to Trump. They could use this information to launch another lengthy investigation, which could, in turn, stall the Biden presidency’s efforts to work on other legislation.
