Report: Patel Found ‘Burn Bags’ Full of Trump-Russia Probe Documents

MARY CHASTAIN JUL 30, 2025 2:00 PM

Fox News reported that FBI Director Kash Patel discovered numerous “burn bags” filled with sensitive documents about the 2016 Trump-Russia probe.

Yikes.

The documents destined to burn are labeled classified or higher.

From Fox News:

Sources told Fox News Digital that multiple burn bags were found and filled with thousands of documents.Sources told Fox News Digital that one of the documents FBI officials found in a burn bag was the classified annex to former special counsel John Durham’s final report, which includes the underlying intelligence he reviewed.The declassification of the classified annex is being done in close coordination between CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Attorney General Pam Bondi and acting National Security Agency Director William Hartman.The declassified annex will be transmitted to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who ultimately will release the document to the public.

The sources also said that some of the contents included “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 anyone launched the probe.

“Ultimately, the release of the classified annex will lend more credibility to the assertion that there was a coordinated plan inside the U.S. government to help the Clinton campaign stir up controversy connecting Trump to Russia,” the source told Fox News.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has been on a roll, releasing documents leading people to believe the conspiracy to link then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to Russia in 2016 went up to the White House.

Then-FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and DNI James Clapper pushed back against the intelligence community after it said the collusion narrative “was not rooted in credible intelligence reporting.”

Brennan knew that no truth existed in that Steele dossier, but insisted on using it even though the CIA’s senior Russia experts objected.

And yes, the evidence points to Obama:

• On December 9, 2016, President Obama’s White House gathered top National Security Council Principals for a meeting that included James Clapper, John Brennan, Susan Rice, John Kerry, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe and others, to discuss Russia.
• After the meeting, DNI Clapper’s Executive Assistant sent an email to IC leaders tasking them with creating a new IC assessment “per the President’s request” that details the “tools Moscow used and actions it took to influence the 2016 election.” It went on to say, “ODNI will lead this effort with participation from CIA, FBI, NSA, and DHS.”
• Obama officials leaked false statements to media outlets, including The Washington Post, claiming, “Russia has attempted through cyber means to interfere in, if not actively influence, the outcome of an election.”

Declassify these documents and let’s find out more.

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