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FBI investigated then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions one day after Comey’s firing, declassified documents show

  • The FBI opened an investigation named MARCH TOLL into then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions on May 10, 2017, one day after President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.
  • Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy and Al Franken requested the probe, alleging Sessions made false statements about contact with Russian officials during his Senate confirmation.
  • Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office closed the investigation by May 2018, finding no evidence of willful falsehoods by Sessions.
  • Declassified documents revealed the investigation was based mainly on the senators' letter and media reports, and Sessions clarified his testimony in a March 2017 letter.
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