White House declassifies info on secret FBI probe into whether Trump fired Comey at Russia's behest, official says

The White House on Wednesday declassied information claiming the FBI opened an investigation into whether President Trump was acting as an asset for Russia when he fired FBI Director James Comey, a theory an administration official said was not backed up by evidence.

The official said the investigation, known as Oxford Comma, was a subcomponent of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI probe into potential collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government — an investigation that has long drawn Mr.

The predicate of Oxford Comma was the newly elected president's decision to fire Comey in 2017.

The case was marked sensitive, which is generally done to keep a case off the books from other agents, the official said.

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