President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that directed the Justice Department to declassify files concerning Crossfire Hurricane, which was an FBI investigation into allegations that Trump campaign members colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
The order comes after House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan asked the FBI to comply with his committee’s requests for the truth about the FBI’s investigation into and promotion of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.
The president ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to declassify the files proposed in an earlier memorandum, but to keep other data redacted.
“My decision to declassify the materials described above does not extend to materials that must be protected from disclosure pursuant to orders of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and does not require the disclosure of certain personally identifiable information or any other materials that must be protected from disclosure under applicable law,” Trump wrote in the order.
The declassification order comes after an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller “did not establish” any criminal Trump-Russia collusion.
“You probably won’t bother because you’re not going to like what you see,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. “But this was total weaponization, it’s a disgrace. It should have never happened in this country. But now you’ll be able to see for yourselves. All declassified.”
