A dozen Republican members of Congress on Thursday called on President Trump to declassify key documents related to the FBI's probe of Russian actions during the 2016 presidential election, including an application for a renewed surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
The lawmakers, led by Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., also demanded the release of 12 FBI reports on interviews with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. Zeldin said he was "confident" that the reports, known as 302s, "contain critically important information that should have been provided to the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA] court, but wasn't."
In a third part of the request, Zeldin asked Trump to declassify documents given to the so-called "Gang of Eight" -- bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate, as well as both intelligence committees -- which he said had "exculpatory evidence regarding Carter Page and others."
The request came one day after Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., asked the Justice Department and its inspector general to review Ohr's contacts with former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of an unverified dossier that made several claims about Trump's financial and personal ties to Russia.
In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Meadows wrote that Ohr had testified to having "multiple" contacts with the FBI and Steele after the ex-spy was fired as a confidential source by the bureau. In addition to his contacts with Steele, Ohr has come under scrutiny over wife Nellie's role with Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned the dossier.
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04.29.2025