Recently declassified documents by Congress and published by Just The News revealed that the FBI secretly investigated Donald Trump during his first term for alleged ties to Russia in retaliation for the president firing then-FBI director, Obama appointee James Comey.
At the same time the FBI decided to investigate Trump, Comey was closing an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails, infamously stating at a press conference, "although there is evidence of possible violations of statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case."
On May 9, 2017, then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein sent a memorandum to Attorney General Jeff Sessions recommending that Comey be fired. This document explained that the Department of Justice believed that Comey had mishandled the investigation into Clinton's emails and that this mishandling would lead the public to no longer trust the federal agency.
Following Rosenstein's recommendation, Trump fired Comey that same day in May. In response, the FBI sent an electronic communication announcing an investigation into the president for the firing of the Obama official. "The purpose of the investigation is to determine whether President Trump is or was directed, controlled, and/or coordinated activities with the Federation of Russia," the communication states.










