Full articlehere:🚨BREAKING: Patel Says FBI’s Comey ‘Concealed’ Probe Into Hillary Clinton

In a significant push for institutional reform and transparency, FBI Director Kash Patel recently asserted that the bureau, under previous leadership, intentionally concealed investigations and bypassed constitutional protocols. During an interview on Fox News, Patel, joined by Deputy Director Dan Bongino, detailed allegations against former Director James Comey. Patel argued that Comey essentially usurped the authority of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General by unilaterally deciding which cases to prosecute, specifically regarding the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server during the 2016 presidential campaign. According to Patel, James Comey intentionally omitted or distorted critical investigative information during his tenure. The current FBI leadership points to the 2016 email scandal as a primary example of procedural overreach, where Comey famously held a press conference to announce that while Clinton was “extremely careless,” no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges. Patel maintains that this decision was not Comey‘s to make and that the subsequent reopening of the case just ten days before the election further damaged the bureau’s credibility. Furthermore, Patel linked these actions to the broader Trump-Russia collusion probe, which he described as a fabrication designed to shift public focus away from Clinton.

A startling new development in this internal investigation involves the discovery of physical evidence that was allegedly hidden from current officials. Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealed that his office uncovered bags of documents from the Comey era stored in a room that had not been disclosed to them. These materials were reportedly never digitized or processed through standard FBI record-keeping procedures. Bongino expressed frustration over the bureaucratic hurdles involved in declassifying these documents, as some information belongs to other intelligence agencies, but he promised that the public would be “stunned” by the contents once they are released. The critique of James Comey extends to his alleged manipulation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Kash Patel accused the former director of maliciously distorting FISA procedures and lying to the American people to facilitate investigations into Donald Trump. Patel claims that relevant documents were concealed in locations specifically designed to prevent them from being found by subsequent administrations. This systemic lack of transparency is what the current leadership claims they are working to rectify as they reallocate resources to internal investigations. The tension between current FBI leadership and the former director was further highlighted by a recent social media post from Comey. The post, which featured the number “8647” spelled out in seashells, was interpreted by administration officials as a coded message—using restaurant jargon “86” (to eliminate) and “47” (referring to the 47th President, Donald Trump). While Comey has not confirmed this interpretation, Patel and Bongino suggest it reflects the ongoing political bias that they are determined to purge from the FBI to rebuild trust with the American public.