Overview

• The DOJ released a declassified 2019 FBI analysis in May 2025 showing Fusion GPS researcher Nellie Ohr provided demonstrably false testimony to Congress in October 2018 about her role in the Trump–Russia probe.
• Internal communications reveal Ohr handed a thumb drive of her Fusion GPS research to her husband, senior DOJ official Bruce Ohr, and exchanged emails with multiple Justice Department prosecutors, contradicting her sworn denials.
• The FBI memo details that Ohr took ham radio classes during her Fusion GPS tenure despite testifying the training occurred earlier, suggesting she sought off-grid communications amid the 2016 election.
• Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley faulted the Justice Department for not pursuing a federal false-statements charge under Section 1001, calling the inaction evidence of political bias.
• The declassification has intensified review of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation’s origins and prompted broader questions about accountability at the FBI and DOJ.