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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Declassified Documents Reveal Democrats’, Deep State Targeting Of Sessions In Russia Probe
The FBI launched the probe at the behest of two Democrat senators, one of whom resigned from office in disgrace before the bureau concluded the investigation of Sessions.
FBI Declassifies Investigation of Former AG Jeff Sessions, Codename "March Toll"
The White House government transparency office, John Solomon, has declassified and released FBI internal documents surrounding their opening of an investigation of Jeff Sessions on May 10, 2017. The investigation of Sessions surrounded his contact with the Russian ambassador Sergey Lavrov and was opened the day after James Comey was fired on May 9, 2017. […]
FBI investigated Jeff Sessions one week after Comey's firing: Declassified records
The FBI opened an investigation into then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions on May 10, 2017, one day after President Donald Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, over allegations that Sessions made false statements to Congress about contacts with Russian officials, newly declassified records show. The investigation began nearly two months after Sessions supplemented his disputed testimony and was initially based on a letter from two Democratic…
FBI Launched Probe Into Jeff Sessions Based on Democrat Senators’ Letter, Despite Updated Testimony
Declassified documents reveal the investigation was opened shortly after Comey’s firing, relying on a weeks-old letter and a liberal news article as evidence. The post FBI Launched Probe Into Jeff Sessions Based on Democrat Senators’ Letter, Despite Updated Testimony first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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