The current US President Donald Trump ordered to declassify information about the FBI surveillance of his team in 2016.The statement was published on the White House website.
The politician's decree was published on the eve of the inauguration of the elected leader of the States, Joe Biden. According to Trump, December 30, 2020. The Justice Department provided the White House with materials related to the FBI investigation. The department opposed further declassification of materials: some fragments were called upon not to disclose at all for reasons of protecting state secrets. Trump agreed to declassify only part of the information.
This is an investigation, codenamed Crossfire Hurricane, in which the FBI conducted a traditional counterintelligence briefing for Trump, only to gather additional information about his campaign headquarters. During the operation, the department introduced its informant into the circle of the Republican, who was supposed to find out if his headquarters was cooperating with Russia.
