President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum to declassify files and documents related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation that probed allegations his 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government.
In signing the order, Trump said that the memo “gives the media the right to go in … and check it.”
“This was total weaponization. It’s a disgrace,” Trump said, referring to the investigation, adding that “now you’ll be able to see for yourselves.”
Crossfire Hurricane was an FBI counterintelligence investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign. It was launched in July 2016 to probe allegations of Russian government interference in that year’s election. That included possible ties between Russia and any political campaigns….