The Daily Herold: 8/5/26 - The "Oxford Comma" Probe: A Deep Dive Into Trump's Secret 2017 FBI Investigation

Jon Herold spends most of Hump Day walking through newly declassified documents revealing a previously unknown FBI investigation, codenamed "Oxford comma," opened into Trump for allegedly acting as a Russian agent just seven days after he fired James Comey. He builds out a detailed timeline connecting Comey's leaked memos, the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and internal FBI texts suggesting agents knew the Russia collusion theory had already been debunked before the investigation began. Jon also floats a lighthearted personal theory tying the case's codename to an edited Trump tweet from the same period. Other quick hits include Kash Patel's new FBI partnerships with China and Russia on transnational crime, a dismissed Oath Keepers case, Cuba regime change reporting, and an odd new AI safety incident involving Anthropic's Mythos model. Sponsor reads and a preview of tonight's Power Hour with Burning Bright round out a dense Wednesday show.