Shortly after President Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey in 2017, the FBI launched an inquiry into whether Trump was working for Russia, The New York Times reports.
According to the Times, Comey’s firing caused such concern among law enforcement that officials began probing if Trump was a threat to national security or secretly carrying out anti-American agendas on behalf of Russian officials.
The White House and FBI did not immediately return requests for comment from The Hill on Friday night.
Comey’s firing in 2017 is a focal point of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether Trump attempted to obstruct the probe into ties between the Trump campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump and his allies have offered a series of changing explanations for his decision to fire Comey, which has complicated investigators’ effort to determine his intent.
The firing of Comey was reportedly used as justification for the investigation being opened, but FBI agents had already been concerned about the president’s ties to Russia, the Times reported.
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Comey firing prompted FBI to investigate whether Trump was working for Russia: report https://t.co/fyMqH42hmv pic.twitter.com/sq21b1Sbfb
— The Hill (@thehill) January 12, 2019
JUST IN: Trump renews attacks on Comey after learning of FBI probe in "the Failing New York Times" https://t.co/i3nkTx7YLH pic.twitter.com/Apfjo20ECN
— The Hill (@thehill) January 12, 2019
This is the kind of speech you give in Spanish in the early 1950s into a tinny microphone with the crackle and static of a fading kerosene generator and the sound of shouting and gunfire in the background approaching the presidential palace. https://t.co/DltdXyvyz2
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 12, 2019
This, plus the Lester Holt interview, made an investigation inevitable; the scandal today would be if there had *not* been a CI case opened. https://t.co/UykC2DNWb6
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 12, 2019
The “failin” NYT sure is taking a long time to fail. And Trump is the last one who should be pointing fingers about having a lover.
Just to reiterate, @JudgeJeanine straight-out asked POTUS if he's working for Russia. He did not directly answer the question.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 13, 2019
There is only one right answer to the incredible question: Are you a foreign asset? And it doesn’t take 2 minutes to explain… pic.twitter.com/tb76DPP8D1
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) January 13, 2019
How would a president compromised by the Russians behave, and give me any moment in the last two years where Trump has behaved differently. @CNN #TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/2GruhC7rxO
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) January 12, 2019
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