Presidential Actions

Immediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation

SignedMarch 25, 2025
Memorandum·Donald Trump·Declassification
Why This Matters

All materials related to the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation are now declassified, except for certain redacted information and materials that must remain protected.

This means that the public can access previously classified documents about the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Members of the public, journalists, and researchers interested in the details of the FBI's investigation.
Summary

1. The declassification includes documents that may shed light on the FBI's actions during the 2016 election. 2. The Attorney General is required to make these declassified materials available to the public immediately. 3. Certain sensitive information, like personally identifiable information, will still be protected and not disclosed.

Who is affected?

Members of the public, journalists, and researchers interested in the details of the FBI's investigation.

What does it revoke?

Revokes a 2021 order that classified certain materials related to the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

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Immediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation

MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

               THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

               THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

SUBJECT:       Immediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:

Except as provided below, I have determined that all of the materials referenced in the Presidential Memorandum of January 19, 2021 (Declassification of Certain Materials Related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation), are no longer classified.

I have further determined that the material proposed for redaction by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a cover letter dated January 17, 2021, remains classified.

My decision to declassify the materials described above does not extend to materials that must be protected from disclosure pursuant to orders of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and does not require the disclosure of certain personally identifiable information or any other materials that must be protected from disclosure under applicable law.

Subject to the exceptions identified above, the Attorney General shall make declassified materials described in this memorandum available to the public immediately.  

                              DONALD J. TRUMP

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