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Nearly 700 pages of declassified FBI records tied to the discredited Crossfire Hurricane probe into alleged Trump–Russia collusion have been delivered to Congress, following a renewed executive order from former President Donald Trump. The documents, labeled the Crossfire Hurricane Redacted Binder, were exclusively obtained by Just the News and are dated April 9, 2025.
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The move comes as part of Trump’s ongoing efforts to expose the origins of the FBI’s politically charged investigation, which began in 2016 and targeted both candidate and President Trump. The operation had been launched based on unsupported claims of collusion with Russia—allegations later found to be unsubstantiated through multiple investigations.
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This latest release followed a March executive order from Trump demanding the full declassification of materials tied to the FBI’s investigation. Although an attempt to carry out the same action had been initiated during his final days in office in January 2021, it had been blocked by his own Justice Department. Subsequent efforts to obtain the documents under the Biden administration met continued resistance from former Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, both of whom declined to comply with prior directives.
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The original Crossfire Hurricane probe had come under intense scrutiny for its heavy reliance on opposition research funded by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign. The now-debunked Steele dossier, which played a central role in obtaining FISA surveillance warrants on Trump campaign aide Carter Page, was later described by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General as severely flawed and unverified.
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Trump’s latest executive order referenced his previous decision on January 19, 2021, in which he declared the materials in the binder declassified and directed the Attorney General to implement FBI-proposed redactions. Despite this, the Justice Department halted the release of the documents, citing the need for a Privacy Act review, and never followed through on Trump’s order—even after a final directive from then–White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on the morning of January 20, 2021.
According to reports, the Justice Department delivered the binder to the White House on December 30, 2020. Trump at the time stressed that the information should be made public as much as possible, allowing redactions the FBI thought appropriate but directing the declassification of the rest.
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The drawn-out delay in making the documents public came despite multiple findings that undermined the foundation of the Russia collusion narrative. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation had concluded that no criminal conspiracy between Trump and Russia could be established. In addition, Special Counsel John Durham’s final report confirmed that no solid evidence existed at the start of the investigation and highlighted that the FBI had failed to corroborate any key claims within the Steele dossier.
Important Democratic individuals continued to play a significant role in advancing the story. Even after the unfounded accusations were refuted, others like Representative Adam Schiff persisted in spreading them in public. It is now anticipated that the released documents will provide more insight into the internal choices, political drivers, and dubious strategies employed throughout the FBI’s investigation of Trump—an probe that has been widely denounced as an abuse of authority against a sitting president.