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White House Releases Files on FBI’s ‘Oxferd Comma’ Trump Probe

8/7/2026

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The White House released August 7, 2026 documents that the FBI opened a May 16, 2017 “Oxferd Comma” probe into whether President Donald Trump acted on Russia’s behalf after firing James Comey.
Jeff Clark said a document expert told him the “o” in “Comma” was a zero, implying the spelling was meant to impede FOIA searches.
John Durham’s 2023 report criticized the FBI’s analytical rigor and noted the probe closed in early April 2019.

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The White House released August 7, 2026 documents that the FBI opened a May 16, 2017 “Oxferd Comma” probe into whether President Donald Trump acted on Russia’s behalf after firing James Comey.
Jeff Clark said a document expert told him the “o” in “Comma” was a zero, implying the spelling was meant to impede FOIA searches.
John Durham’s 2023 report criticized the FBI’s analytical rigor and noted the probe closed in early April 2019.