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18-05-2025
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FBI's top boss Kash Patel says bureau ran cover for Hillary but it all ends under Trump
FBI Director Kash Patel hinted at a "wave of transparency" on the horizon as the agency struggles to rebuild public trust, especially in the wake of longstanding controversy over alleged politicization and selective prosecution. Sitting alongside FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino for a "Sunday Morning Futures" exclusive interview, Patel pointed to the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as an example of political bias and institutional failure. He claimed senior officials within the Department of Justice "hijacked" their constitutional responsibilities by selectively deciding which cases to pursue. "You asked in the beginning how the FBI was weaponized," he said to host Maria Bartiromo. "Well, the FBI hijacked the constitutional responsibility of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General, and James Comey and others specifically decided what cases to prosecute and not prosecute. Don't believe me? Go to the videotape in the Hillary Clinton investigation." Graham Grills Fbi Nominee Patel Over 'Disgusting' And 'Corrupt' Crossfire Hurricane Probe "We don't decide prosecutions, and neither does any agent or intel analyst. We have great partners under Attorney General [Pam] Bondi. We work with them and discuss the matter with them, but the prosecutorial decision is with them." Patel said that new agency leadership has uncovered additional details regarding the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into President Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia and are working with Congress to put out information surrounding the episode. Read On The Fox News App "That's how vindictive and vicious the former leadership structure here was. Not only did they bastardize the FISA process and lie to the American public, they withheld and hid documentation and put it in rooms where people weren't supposed to look," Patel said. "It's a good thing we're here now to clean it up, and you're about to see a wave of transparency… Just give us about a week or two." The 6 Biggest Fbi Scandals Under The Biden Administration Patel and Bongino's wide-ranging interview with Bartiromo centered on investments in homeland security, alleged corruption among past agency leadership and restoring public trust in the institution. In a pointed critique, Patel accused his FBI predecessors of "intentionally failing the American public" by putting on what he called the "biggest D.C. deception game" ever seen. He claimed the bureau's reputation as a storied law enforcement agency was damaged by the likes of leaders like James Comey, Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok and accused them of weaponizing the FBI for political purposes, misleading both the courts and the American people. "They said the FBI was the most storied institution for law enforcement, and it was, and it will be again very soon," Patel vowed, tossing in an allegation that the former leadership used taxpayer funds, potentially illegally, to run their operation and withheld key evidence from the court. "That's what broke the FBI. And then, when they were caught, they lied about it… and [few media personalities] were brave enough to cover it six, seven, eight years ago, and we're still talking about it today because Congress is working rigorously with us [and] the Crossfire Hurricane documents are coming fast and hard, and they're being sent there un-redacted so we can have full accountability." "That's how you restore the trust that was lost to the American public when it comes to the FBI," Patel article source: FBI's top boss Kash Patel says bureau ran cover for Hillary but it all ends under Trump
Yahoo
10-02-2025
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Trump expected to pardon former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich
President Donald Trump is expected to pardon former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Fox News has learned. Blagojevich, a former "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant, served eight years in prison on charges stemming from his effort to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat after Obama won the 2008 presidential election. Trump commuted his 14-year sentence in 2020. Graham Grills Fbi Nominee Patel Over 'Disgusting' And 'Corrupt' Crossfire Hurricane Probe Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 and was sentenced to 14 years before Trump cut his prison term short. Blagojevich appeared on "Celebrity Apprentice" in 2010, before his first corruption trial started, drawing praise from Trump at the time when he "fired" him as a contestant. Trump Fbi Director Pick Kash Patel 'Instrumental In Unraveling' Russia Collusion Hoax, Former Chair Says Read On The Fox News App Later as president, Trump drew links between investigations of his own behavior in his first term and Blagojevich's case. Patrick Fitzgerald, the former U.S. attorney who prosecuted Blagojevich, represented former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired from the agency in 2017. Comey was working in the private sector during the Blagojevich investigation and indictment. Former special counsel Robert Mueller, who oversaw the investigation into the Russian collusion hoax, was FBI director during the investigation into Blagojevich. Blagojevich was convicted on 18 counts. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in 2015 tossed out five of the convictions, including ones in which he offered to appoint someone to a high-paying job in the Senate. Axios first reported the news of the expected pardon on Monday afternoon. Fox News' Pat Ward and the Associated Press contributed to this report. This is a developing news story. Check back for article source: Trump expected to pardon former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich
