Newly released documents renew scrutiny of FBI’s 2017 Trump-Russia investigationFreshly released documents from the Trump administration have reignited political and legal debate over the origins and conduct of the FBI’s investigation into alleged links between Donald Trump and Russia, with officials arguing that federal investigators launched a new inquiry despite possessing information that had already undermined key allegations of collusion. According to administration officials, the FBI treated the firing of Comey as a triggering event for opening the new investigation. Trump administration officials argue that the decision to open the investigation ignored evidence already collected by the FBI. The newly released FBI documents also revisit one of the issues that attracted public attention during the 2016 campaign: changes to the Republican Party platform regarding Ukraine. Others caution that the newly released documents represent only part of the historical record and should be considered alongside previous investigations, inspector general reports, court filings, congressional inquiries and the Mueller report itself.