Events and investigations also occurred during the presidential transition from November 9, 2016 to January 20, 2017, and continued through the first and second halves of 2017, the first and second halves of 2018, 2019, and 2020; largely as parts of the Crossfire Hurricane FBI investigation, the Special Counsel investigation, multiple ongoing criminal investigations by several State Attorneys General, and the investigation resulting in the Inspector General report on FBI and DOJ actions in the 2016 election.