President Donald Trump’s FBI Director, Kash Patel, has uncovered thousands of documents tied to the Russia probe hidden in burn bags inside a secret room of the bureau’s headquarters.
The documents include the classified annex to former Special Counsel John Durham’s final report, which contains the raw intelligence Durham reviewed during his investigation into the FBI’s handling of the 2016 Trump campaign.
Durham previously concluded that the FBI never should have launched its original Trump-Russia investigation, known as Crossfire Hurricane, citing lack of credible evidence.
A source familiar with the discovery told the Daily Mail the documents were likely overlooked by past directors and may have been destroyed if not for Patel’s ongoing efforts to audit the bureau.
The materials have been handed over to Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The FBI says the documents will be released publicly later today.
Trump gave his full support to the release. “I want everything to be shown, as long as it is fair and reasonable,” he said.
“I would like to see people exposed that might be bad, and we’ll see how that all works out,” Trump said during a press briefing at the White House.