Declassified Documents Reveal FBI's Secret Oxferd Comma Probe of Trump

Declassified documents released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force reveal that the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a secret counterintelligence probe, codenamed Oxferd Comma, on May 16, 2017. The investigation followed the May 9 firing of FBI Director James Comey and sought to determine if Donald Trump was wittingly or unwittingly acting as a Russian asset or conspiring to obstruct justice.

Approved by former General Counsel James Baker and Assistant Director Bill Priestap, the probe operated as a sensitive subcomponent of the broader Crossfire Hurricane investigation. The inquiry aimed to establish if Trump was directed by or coordinating activities with the Russian Federation. The investigation was later absorbed into Robert Mueller's Special Counsel probe and formally closed on April 9, 2019, without charges being filed.

Administration officials and task force chairman John Solomon claim the FBI opened the case despite possessing evidence, including agent testimony and a February 2017 spreadsheet, that had already debunked the Steele dossier and ruled out collusion. Critics characterize the operation as a political weaponization of the Department of Justice. Donald Trump has dismissed these investigations as a partisan hoax and a witch hunt.