Trump Declassifies All Crossfire Hurricane Files; Pardons Devon Archer; Vance Announces Greenland Visit

President Trump signed a presidential memorandum in March 2025 requiring the immediate declassification of all FBI files relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, saying “the FBI should be ashamed of themselves and so should the Department of Justice and so should Biden.” He then pardoned Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner turned congressional whistleblower, whose prosecution “changed dramatically after he began to cooperate with congressional investigators.” VP JD Vance separately announced he would visit Greenland on Friday to inspect Space Force facilities and assess security, saying leaders in “both America and Denmark ignored Greenland for far too long.”

Crossfire Hurricane: “All Declassified”

A White House official introduced the presidential memorandum with a statement about its significance.

“This memorandum requires the immediate declassification of all FBI files relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,” the official said. “This was obviously one of the instances of the weaponization of law enforcement, powers of prosecution against you and others. We believe that it’s long past time for the American people to have a full and complete understanding of what exactly is in those files.”

Crossfire Hurricane was the FBI investigation into alleged links between the Trump 2016 campaign and Russia. The investigation had led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, two years of investigations, the prosecution of several Trump associates, and ultimately a report that did not establish criminal conspiracy between the campaign and Russia. Trump and his supporters had consistently maintained that the investigation was itself a political operation — initiated on the basis of the discredited Steele dossier, sustained by FBI officials with political motivations, and used to hobble the first two years of his presidency.

Trump addressed the media directly: “Which gives the media the right to go in and check it. You probably won’t bother because you’re not going to like what you see.”

He characterized the investigation: “But this was total weaponization. It’s a disgrace. It should never happen in this country.”

Trump confirmed the scope with the official:

“All declassified?” Trump asked.

“Yes, sir,” the official confirmed.

“Everything?”

“The FBI file — there’s a classified annex, but other than that, we’ll put everything in the public eye.”

Trump asked the press: “Is anybody going to look? What about you? You’re going to look?”

He concluded: “And frankly, the FBI should be ashamed of themselves, and so should the Department of Justice, and so should Biden.”

The declassification of Crossfire Hurricane files completed a cycle that had begun during Trump’s first term. He had ordered declassification of related materials before leaving office in January 2021, but the process had been incomplete and contested by intelligence agencies. The presidential memorandum in his second term removed any ambiguity: the files would be made public in their entirety, minus only a classified annex.

Devon Archer Pardon: “A Victim of a Crime”

The pardoning of Devon Archer was presented as an act of justice for a whistleblower who had been punished for cooperating with Congress.

“We have a pardon for Devon Archer,” the official said. “Devon Archer was a former business partner of the Biden family. He was prosecuted relating to a fraud investigation.”

The official then laid out the case for the pardon: “But notably, the tone and tenor of that prosecution changed dramatically after he began to cooperate with congressional investigators and serve as a witness against Hunter Biden and the Biden family. We believe that was an injustice, and therefore we’re asking you to pardon him.”

Trump added his personal assessment: “And many people have asked me to do this. I think he was treated very unfairly. And I looked at the record, studied the records, and he was a victim of a crime as far as I’m concerned. So we’re going to undo that.”

The Archer case had become one of the most cited examples of the Biden administration’s alleged pattern of retaliatory prosecution. Archer had been a business partner of Hunter Biden in the Burisma arrangement and other ventures. When congressional investigations into Hunter Biden’s business dealings intensified, Archer became a key witness — testifying before the House Oversight Committee about Biden family business practices, including the alleged involvement of then-Vice President Biden in his son’s foreign deals.

After his congressional testimony, Archer’s sentencing in a separate fraud case — which had been pending for years — took on new urgency. His supporters argued that the timing was retaliatory: the Biden Justice Department was punishing Archer for cooperating with investigations that threatened the president’s son.

Trump’s characterization of Archer as “a victim of a crime” inverted the prosecution’s narrative entirely. Archer was not a criminal who had been justly convicted; he was a whistleblower who had been unjustly punished for telling the truth to Congress.

Vance: Greenland Visit

VP Vance made a surprise announcement via video that introduced an entirely different topic.

“Hey guys, it’s JD Vance, the Vice President,” he opened with characteristic informality. “And you know there was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself.”

He described the purpose: “I’m going to visit some of our guardians in the Space Force on the northwest coast of Greenland and also just check out what’s going on with the security there of Greenland.”

Vance articulated the strategic rationale: “As you know, it’s really important. A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and of course to threaten the people of Greenland.”

He then delivered the message that connected the visit to broader administration policy: “Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it’s important to protecting the security of the entire world.”

Vance offered the historical critique: “Unfortunately, leaders in both America and in Denmark, I think, ignored Greenland for far too long. That’s been bad for Greenland. It’s also been bad for the security of the entire world.”

He concluded: “We think we can take things in a different direction. So I’m going to go check it out.”

The Greenland visit was the latest step in the Trump administration’s Arctic strategy, which had begun with Trump’s widely discussed interest in purchasing Greenland during his first term. The second-term approach was more nuanced: rather than acquisition, the administration was emphasizing security cooperation, military presence through the Space Force, and attention to a region that had been strategically neglected.

The mention of the Space Force was significant. The United States maintained Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in northwest Greenland, one of the northernmost military installations in the world and a critical component of the U.S. missile warning and space surveillance networks. Vance’s visit to the Space Force facilities signaled that the administration viewed Arctic defense as a growing priority.

Key Takeaways

• Trump signed a presidential memorandum declassifying all FBI Crossfire Hurricane files: “The FBI should be ashamed of themselves, and so should the DOJ, and so should Biden.”
• He challenged the media: “You probably won’t bother because you’re not going to like what you see.”
• Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner turned congressional whistleblower, was pardoned. Trump called him “a victim of a crime” whose prosecution intensified after he cooperated with investigators.
• VP Vance announced a Friday visit to Greenland to inspect Space Force facilities and assess security: “Leaders in both America and Denmark ignored Greenland for far too long.”
• Vance said the administration wanted to “reinvigorate the security of Greenland” because it was “important to protecting the security of the entire world.”