A 2017 intelligence community report also found Russia sought to influence the election and developed a preference for Trump. Those findings have long been challenged by Trump and his allies, who have called the probe a hoax and a witch hunt.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents last month that she said undercut the 2017 report.
Former President Barack Obama’s spokesman Patrick Rodenbush dismissed the allegations as “bizarre” and “ridiculous.”
Patel, a frequent critic of the FBI, has argued the agency acted with bias and ignored protocol.
In 2023, he published Government Gangsters, describing the FBI as “thoroughly compromised” and part of a “Deep State” effort to undermine Trump. Years later, Trump-era special counsel John Durham described the investigation as “seriously flawed.” Continue reading…
