FBI Director Kash Patel discovered “burn bags” filled with thousands of documents dating back to the bureau’s Trump-Russia probe during the 2016 campaign, a source familiar with the findings told The Post Wednesday.
One of the documents, discovered in a purported secret room at the FBI’s DC headquarters, is a classified annex to the 2023 report by then-special counsel John Durham that scrutinized the original probe, code-named “Crossfire Hurricane.”
The 29-page appendix to the Durham report, which has never been publicly released, includes details of the intelligence he reviewed, according to Fox News Digital, which first reported on the discovery.
In official parlance, “burn bags” refer to containers that hold classified documents that are meant to be destroyed after a certain period of time.
It was not immediately clear whether the documents found by Patel had yet to reach their destroy date or were preserved due to an oversight by officials.
Sources exclusively briefed Fox News Digital on some of the contents of the classified annex — including that the U.S. intelligence community had credible foreign sources indicating that the FBI would play a role in spreading the alleged Trump–Russia collusion narrative — before the bureau ever launched its controversial Crossfire Hurricane probe.
A source familiar with the contents of the classified annex told Fox News Digital that while it may not have been exactly clear in the moment what the intelligence collection meant, with the benefit of hindsight, it predicted the FBI’s next move “with alarming specificity.”
Related: “Two days after the election in 2016, I was called up on the NSA phone. The person said I had to be on the intelligence community assessment that was assembling to finalize the Russia narrative. because we were going to prove that Trump was a Russian asset, and we were going to delay or block the inauguration of Donald J. Trump for the first term.”
Trump and the DOJ needs to sue and prosecute a bunch of these snakes – agents, officials, judges, congressmen, Obama, who have acted illegally under color of law. This can be done under 42 U.S. Code § 1983 and 18 U.S. Code § 242. This can be used against Federal, State, Municipal, and local officials and agents.
Just start launching billion dollar civil suits and have DOJ start charging all these weasels.
as lve posted on YouTube lve watched and studied Cdn politics esp feds for 60 years and of course U.S. politics enters the picture.
this is unheard of. this level in unison.
since their 1st president G Washington. treason plain and simple there is NOTHING IN HIS RECORD OR IN THE OFFICE THAT EXEMPTS HIM.
TAKE EVERYTHING HE OWNS DO A P DIDDY ON HIM.
if they dont indict it will simply EMBOLDEN THEM
When will Peter Strozk who arrogantly claimed the FBI had an “insurance policy” to cripple if not destroy Trump … go to Federal-pound him in the ass-prison?
If and when we discover the documents certifying the FBI plot to illegally overturn the results of an American election by committing FRAUD and LIEing … Will the plotters all go to prison?
If it were up to me … they’d all get what Mary Surratt got for conspiring to kill Lincoln. These people have plotted to destroy his presidency … then tried to murder him at least twice. Yes, Comey should be hung until the twitching stops and he’s declared DEAD.
Ummmm…I don’t think so. I bet I can give you a better explanation of this. First of all, Burn Bags aren’t going to have readable classified documents inside. The documents will have already been shredded. That’s standard procedure when you load them up. The other thing of note is that John Durham’s annex is an item dated at least 2023. That implies that the classified documents found their way down to the burn room during Biden’s presidency. And, lets assume that it took place after November 6th 2024, when it became clear that Trump was coming back to the White House.
I’d surmise that some executive (Chris Wray is a good guess) passed on the disposal of these documents to some FBI grunts and didn’t follow internal FBI policy establishing a chain of evidence/command. In other words, he refused to leave a paper trail that would lead back to him/her. The grunts probably decided that should they follow through with the destruction of evidence without having a paper trail authorizing or ordering the destruction, and things get dicey down the road, they’d be the ones hung out to dry. So, they put the classified documents in the burn bags (didn’t shred them)….then left them there in the “special room” storage. They likely told whoever it was that ordered them to do it, that task was done.
Now, I’d guess that one or all of the grunts are taking up “whistleblower” status. That’s the only way Patel is going to personally stumble on something like this.
Just a guess, but it’s more likely that what Fox News is trying push off on us.
I have an Occam comment.
Why make documents that need burn bags and shredding?
Just whisper shit then deny it.
This all sounds like some bad movie.
only if the shredding happened. maybe sloppiness and
expediency from somewhere and assumptions
means that step was skipped. you know how
that kind of thing happens regularly.
it adds spice to life.
TBH … I don’t much appreciate Trump’s minions going on and on about all the SHOCKING documents they’re gonna release … someday.
Less talk. More PROOF of treason
Worst outcome for them would be 5-star symbolic/short jail time. Unlikely, Dems are immune to such things. But best and most fitting would be public guillotine in DC, on WH lawn. H. Clinton, Comey + all the other top execs involved. Obama deserves it in spades as well but he has immunity.
Yes, it’s time to erect a gallows on the White House lawn.
This is enough to conclude that this fiasco of trust falls outside of Obama’s role as President.
I don’t see how Obama can declare that this was within scope of “presidential immunity”
If this can be shown, proven, as attached to the desk of Obama, then…
Obama should hang.
It’s high treason.
And three quarters of the congress, most of the lobbyists, etc. etc. They were all in on it, or looked the other way.
Sure it’s all based on lies, but who would think that the entirety of the Admin. would be in on making up such a story? They said they had intelligence showing proof.
And an upstart Admin. saying it wasn’t true, but without having proof.
Here we are, it could take a couple of years for a perp walk but I’m sure the current President would like to see this wrap up in his current term. So would many!
General Mike Flynn …
“IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRYING TO DESTROY THIS EVIDENCE, YOU NEED TO COME FORWARD NOW.”
https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1950752186377380293