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Kash Patel Puts the Media On Blast, Hints at More Documents Proving Them Liars

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced [1] Saturday that a cache of documents related to the Trump-Russia investigation has been uncovered at FBI headquarters, reigniting scrutiny over the origins of the now-discredited narrative that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia during his 2016 campaign.

The discovery reportedly includes “burn bags” containing thousands of pages of materials, including the classified annex to former Special Counsel John Durham’s final report.

Sources told Fox News that these documents are undergoing declassification review and will be sent to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who intends to make them public.

Posting to X on Saturday, Patel referenced his prior role as senior counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during Trump’s first term.

“In 2017/18, I proved the Steele Dossier was fictitious intelligence, weaponized by corrupt FBI officials to deceive a federal judge and unlawfully spy on then presidential candidate Trump’s campaign — all paid for by his opponent,” Patel wrote.

“The media called me a liar.”

Patel added, “Now I’m the FBI Director: We just uncovered burn bags/room filled with hidden Russia Gate files, including the Durham annex, and declassified them. Once again, I released the prior FBI’s own documents and exposed the truth. The same media is calling me a liar again.”

Patel then challenged the press directly: “Maybe this FBI will release more docs directly, from FBI HQ… so we can see who is lying — wouldn’t want to deprive the fake news of more bogus Pulitzers. And then…”

Image Credit: X Screenshot - Sean Davis [7]
X Screenshot – Sean Davis

 

One of the documents believed to be in the recovered material is the classified annex to John Durham’s 2023 final report.

Durham was appointed by then-Attorney General William Barr in 2019 to investigate the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe.

Durham concluded that the FBI had relied on unverified information and lacked sufficient justification to open a full investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.

His report found that the Bureau moved forward with the investigation despite a lack of credible intelligence.

The contents of the newly found annex provided further insight into the intelligence used—or misused—during the course of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

According to sources familiar with the matter, top national security and intelligence officials are reviewing the materials for declassification before their release to Sen. Grassley.

The new revelations come amid a broader effort by oversight committees to examine the role of federal agencies and political actors in the development and promotion of the Trump-Russia collusion theory.

As previously reported by Breitbart News, documents released last month by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) included what former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard described as “overwhelming evidence” that Hillary Clinton and officials in the Obama administration had “manufactured and politicized intelligence” to frame President Trump.

Despite growing documentation from federal sources, mainstream media outlets have largely avoided coverage of the new findings.

Patel’s comments and the release of additional documents are likely to intensify calls for accountability and transparency regarding the actions of intelligence and law enforcement officials during the 2016 election and beyond.