Trump-Russia collusion theory

The Trump-Russia collusion theory holds that the 2016 Trump campaign coordinated with Russian intelligence services to swing the US presidential election against Hillary Clinton. The claim gained mainstream traction after the Steele dossier was published by BuzzFeed News in January 2017 and after Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed in May 2017.

The two-year Mueller investigation produced 34 indictments, including of Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, but the final report did not establish a criminal conspiracy between the campaign and the Russian government. Mueller documented numerous contacts between Trump associates and Russian nationals, and a Russian influence campaign run out of the Internet Research Agency in St Petersburg.

The 2023 Durham Report criticized the FBI's handling of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation and the use of the Steele dossier, without finding deliberate misconduct sufficient for prosecution.

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