Nellie Ohr made false statements to Congress about Trump-Russia investigation, FBI memo shows

Published May 28, 2025 6:05pm ET



A newly declassified FBI memo on Wednesday revealed that Nellie Ohr, a researcher for opposition research firm Fusion GPS, gave false testimony to Congress in 2018 about her involvement in the Trump-Russia investigation, including her communications with Justice Department officials during the heat of the 2016 election.

According to a 2019 internal analysis by the FBI’s public corruption squad in Washington, which was made public Wednesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ohr falsely denied having any knowledge of then-ongoing DOJ investigations and denied sharing her research with anyone outside Fusion GPS — including with her husband, Bruce Ohr, then a senior DOJ official.

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