<p>The classified documents case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> &#8220;reeks&#8221; of the FBI&#8217;s infamous Russia collusion investigation, a top official in his administration said on Sunday.</p>
<p>Former Director of National Intelligence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-ratcliffe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Ratcliffe</a> made the comparison to Crossfire Hurricane while speaking to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo.</p>
<p>Alluding to special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s team <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/03/mar-a-lago-trump-classified-documents-00156124" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conceding</a> last week that documents seized by the FBI may have become jumbled despite previously saying otherwise, Ratcliffe suggested there was evidence tampering.</p>
<p>&#8220;What Jack Smith admitted in court this week was that, in his words, they mishandled the classified documents and misrepresented those to the court,&#8221; Ratcliffe said during his <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6352366664112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; appearance</a>.</p>
<p>Ratcliffe contended that prosecutors got &#8220;caught&#8221; when Trump&#8217;s lawyers and the other co-defendants raised the issue of scanned copies not matching up with the records of when they were taken from Mar-a-Lago in 2022.</p>
<p>Smith has &#8220;absolutely blown the chain of custody,&#8221; Ratcliffe emphasized.</p>
<p>Ratcliffe went on to say the classified documents case &#8220;reeks of Crossfire Hurricane, when the Obama-Biden administration fabricated evidence before the FISA court, lied to the court about it to pursue Donald Trump.&#8221;</p>
<p>He was referring to the FBI&#8217;s use of an unverified dossier that raised allegations of collusion between Trump and Russia to obtain the authority to wiretap Carter Page, who served as an aide to Trumps&#8217; 2016 campaign.</p>
<p>&#8220;And now we&#8217;re seeing it again in this classified documents case. The judge could dismiss this case at any point in time, Maria,&#8221; Ratcliffe said.</p>
<p>He surmised the judge has not done so yet in order to let the public &#8220;see just how this case is being prosecuted, how unfairly Donald Trump has been persecuted in this matter by Joe Biden&#8217;s Department of Justice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges in the documents cases and three other criminal matters as he seeks re-election, similarly reacted to Smith&#8217;s filing in Florida by claiming there was evidence tampering.</p>
<p>&#8220;These deeply Illegal actions by the Politicized &#8216;Persecutors&#8217; mandate that this whole Witch Hunt be DROPPED IMMEDIATELY. END THE &#8216;BOXES HOAXES.&#8217; MAGA2024!&#8221; he said in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112379718145784478" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to his Truth Social platform.</p>

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