FBI Opens Probe Into Alleged Decade-Long Conspiracy to Meddle in Elections

Ratcliffe later posted online that Trump was the target of “an atypical & corrupt process” under Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey.

If Trump declassifies the Grassley and Durham annexes, prosecutors could use them before a grand jury to show a pattern of misconduct—arguing that agencies ignored evidence damaging to Democrats while aggressively targeting Trump.

One possibility under discussion is appointing a special prosecutor to examine evidence that the FBI received intelligence in August 2020 suggesting China was preparing fake mail-in ballots to help Joe Biden.

Instead of investigating, the FBI allegedly told other agencies to disregard the intelligence and destroy the information.

The statute of limitations on that specific incident is set to expire in a matter of weeks.

But officials say the broader conspiracy case could allow prosecutors to tie older and newer misconduct together under one ongoing criminal scheme.

That approach could also allow a grand jury to be seated outside of Washington, D.C., where conviction rates in Trump-related cases have been virtually nonexistent. Continue reading…