The FBI announced Tuesday that it had selected the Ronald Reagan Building complex in Washington, D.C., to replace the historic J. Edgar Hoover Building as its headquarters.
The news comes after FBI Director Kash Patel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kash-patel-says-fbi-is-shutting-down-d-c-hq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in May that the bureau would be leaving the Hoover building, where it has been for over 50 years. The announcement was made in conjunction with the General Services Administration (GSA), which said the move to an existing government building instead of a new one would save taxpayer dollars. 
“This is a historic moment for the FBI,” Patel said. “Through our strong partnerships with members of Congress and GSA, we are ushering FBI Headquarters into a new era and providing our agents of justice a safer place to work. Moving to the Ronald Reagan Building is the most cost effective and resource efficient way to carry out our mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution.”
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There have been talks for nearly two decades about moving the FBI from the Hoover building, which was completed in 1975. A <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-12-96.pdf">2011 report</a> from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the building needed serious repairs and was “inefficient” for the FBI’s needs.
“FBI&#8217;s existing headquarters at the Hoover building is a perfect example of a government building that has accumulated years of deferred maintenance, suffering from an aging water system to concrete falling off the structure,” said GSA Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian. “I am proud of GSA&#8217;s commitment to working with Director Patel and his FBI team to find a building that best supports their mission and their people.”
Both Maryland and Virginia attempted to get the FBI headquarters moved to their state, but President Trump said he wanted to keep the FBI based in D.C. Trump scuttled plans from former President Joe Biden to build a new $2.5 billion building in suburban Maryland for the FBI.
The Reagan Building currently houses U.S. Customs and Border Protection and was previously occupied by USAID, which has been shut down and transferred to the State Department. 
Before he became FBI director, Patel <a href="https://rollcall.com/2025/02/20/senate-confirms-kash-patel-as-fbi-director/">said</a> that he would “shut down the FBI Hoover building on Day 1 and [reopen it the] next day as a museum of the deep state.” Patel has also pledged to disperse the FBI employees across the country away from D.C.

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‘A Historic Moment’: Kash Patel Reveals Location Of New FBI Headquarters

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Tuesday that the FBI had uncovered documents pertaining to an &#8220;alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots&#8221; ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Patel shared a screenshot of a headline from Just the News that read, &#8220;FBI gives Congress intel on alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots in 2020&#8221; — along with his own comment confirming that the FBI had, in fact, turned such information over to Congress for additional scrutiny.
&#8220;The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP. I have immediately declassified the material and turned the documents over to the Chairman Grassley for further review,&#8221; Patel posted.
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The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP.
I have immediately declassified the material and turned the documents over to the Chairman Grassley for further review. <a href="https://t.co/sBVNUgN2BJ">pic.twitter.com/sBVNUgN2BJ</a>
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1934797478609477704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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According to the <a href="https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/fbi-gives-congress-intel-alleged-chinese-plot-create-fake-mail">report</a> published by Just the News, the alleged scheme involved the mass production of fake American driver&#8217;s licenses. The intelligence reports that raised the concern were from August of 2020 — and have now been declassified by Patel and turned over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
Grassley knew of the intelligence reports, and had been concerned that they had never been properly investigated at the time. Instead, after President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021, his newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines declassified an <a href="https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf">intelligence report</a> in March stating that there had been no attempt by Communist China to interfere in the outcome of the election.
That report, declassified on March 10, 2021, stated in part, &#8220;We have no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 US elections, including voter registration, casting ballots, vote tabulation, or reporting results.&#8221;
With regard to China, the report said, &#8220;We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US Presidential election.&#8221;
The report also determined that Iran had made attempts to influence the election in Biden&#8217;s favor, but had not been successful in doing so.

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Kash Patel Reveals China May Have Plotted To Flood U.S. With Fake Mail-In Ballots In 2020

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FBI Director Kash Patel left popular podcast host Joe Rogan in shock when he revealed that he&#8217;d been swatted just one day prior to his appearance on Rogan&#8217;s show.
Patel let the information slip while he and Rogan recorded &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; episode that dropped on Friday, and the host visibly recoiled at the thought. &#8220;The head of the FBI gets swatted?&#8221; Rogan asked in apparent disbelief, his eyebrows raised.
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Kash Patel was SWATTED.
Swatting is attempted murder.
These people need to be arrested. <a href="https://t.co/T7zwDFFWav">pic.twitter.com/T7zwDFFWav</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1931064246298657066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;As Director of the FBI, I have a responsibility — I&#8217;m not just going to bring a case because somebody hurt me,&#8221; Patel began, adding, &#8220;They did. And they continue to do it. S***, my house just got swatted yesterday.&#8221;
&#8220;What?!&#8221; Rogan exclaimed.
&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Patel replied.
&#8220;You got swatted?&#8221; Rogan asked, clearly struggling to wrap his brain around the information.
&#8220;Oh, yeah,&#8221; Patel confirmed.
&#8220;The head of the FBI gets swatted?&#8221; Rogan asked again.
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&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Patel repeated. &#8220;Yeah. These people play — it&#8217;s the ultimate height of hypocrisy. They have two sets of rules. One against you, and one for them.&#8221;
During the same interview, both Rogan and Patel appeared to be caught off guard by news of the very public spat between President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk — largely over Trump&#8217;s support for the One, Big Beautiful Bill currently before the U.S. Senate.
Patel quickly made it clear that he did not want any part of that conversation, and Rogan suggested that someone might need to take Musk&#8217;s phone away — at least on a temporary basis.
&#8220;What is he doing? Someone should take his phone away,&#8221; Rogan said.
&#8220;I’m just staying out of the Trump-Elon thing. That’s way outside my lane,&#8221; Patel replied.
&#8220;What the f*** are they doing?&#8221; Rogan asked.
Patel was insistent: &#8220;I know my lane and that ain’t it.&#8221;
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🚨 JOE ROGAN: “Jesus Christ. What is he doing? Someone should take his phone away.”
KASH PATEL: “I’m just trying outside of the Trump/Elon thing. That’s way outside my lane.”
JOE: “What the f**k are they doing?”
KASH: “I know my lane and that ain’t it.” 💀 <a href="https://t.co/umgAWFtIP5">pic.twitter.com/umgAWFtIP5</a>
&mdash; Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) <a href="https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1931067123922604254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Kash Patel Shocks Joe Rogan With Wild Revelation During Podcast Interview

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As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk feuded on Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel was recording an episode with podcast giant Joe Rogan, and the two reacted to Musk&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-goes-after-trump-over-epstein-files-time-to-drop-the-really-big-bomb">Epstein Files accusation</a> against Trump while the cameras were rolling.
As the fight between Trump and Musk escalated, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930703865801810022">wrote</a> on X, “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” He added in a follow-up: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
Rogan read Musk&#8217;s post as he was recording an episode with Patel that dropped on Friday.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not participating in any of that conversation,&#8221; Patel said after Rogan read the post.
&#8220;Someone should take his phone away,&#8221; Rogan said of Musk.
&#8220;Jesus Christ, that&#8217;s a crazy thing to say,&#8221; Rogan added. &#8220;How does he know? Does he know that Donald Trump is in the Epstein Files? Does he have access to the Epstein Files?&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how he would,&#8221; Patel replied. &#8220;But I&#8217;m just staying out of the Trump-Elon thing. That&#8217;s way outside my lane.&#8221;
&#8220;What the f*** are they doing?&#8221; Rogan asked. &#8220;I understand he owns Twitter [X]. I think it&#8217;s bad for your mental health. I think posting things public all day and arguing with people all day is bad for you.&#8221;
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The exact moment Joe Rogan and Kash Patel learn that Elon Musk posted on 𝕏 accusing President Trump of being in the Epstein files. 
Wild timing to be on Rogan! <a href="https://t.co/Iv6m0ibTTI">pic.twitter.com/Iv6m0ibTTI</a>
&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1931067965862232504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Musk&#8217;s Epstein Files post was the culmination of a battle between Trump and Musk that began when the president said he was &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; with Musk, rebuking his former senior adviser for criticizing the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221; Trump has not responded specifically to the Epstein allegation, but he did threaten to end government subsidies and contracts for Musk&#8217;s companies. Musk, meanwhile, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-fires-back-at-trump-with-threat-to-pull-nasas-only-ride-to-space">threatened</a> to decommission the SpaceX Dragon capsule, which would prevent astronauts from traveling to the International Space Station. Musk later <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930796810928599163">backed down</a> from his threat.
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Musk later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-signals-hes-open-to-speaking-with-trump-but-president-not-particularly-interested?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Musk+Signals+He%E2%80%99s+Open+To+Speaking+With+Trump%2C+But+President+%E2%80%98Not+Particularly%E2%80%99+Interested">signaled</a> that he wanted to talk to Trump to smooth things over, but the president said he was &#8220;not particularly&#8221; interested in a discussion.
“I won’t be speaking to [Musk] for a while I guess, but I wish him well,” Trump told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-rift">CNN</a> Friday morning.
“I’m not even thinking about Elon,” he added. “He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.”

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Federal authorities have arrested a suspected accomplice to a man who committed a suicidal terror attack against a California fertility clinic last month.
FBI agents arrested Daniel Park, 32, in New York after he was extradited to the United States from Poland. Authorities <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/washington-state-man-arrested-federal-charges-alleging-he-provided-material-support-palm">say</a> Park provided “significant quantities of ammonium nitrate” to Guy Bartkus, who died bombing a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, last month.
“Let this be a reminder: If you harm the American people, or aid and abet those who do, you cannot hide. This FBI will work with our partners to pursue you, find you, and bring you to justice — in any corner of the planet,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement on X.
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New from the FBI… I can confirm that this morning at JFK Airport, FBI Agents arrested an individual, Daniel Jongyon Park, on charges related to the bombing of the Palm Springs, CA fertility clinic in May.
Park is alleged to have provided material support to the fertility clinic…
&mdash; FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1930354802887930365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Attorney General Pam Bondi secured extradition for Park to the United States while she was on a trip to Poland this week. Park had been detained in Poland for two weeks until the attorney general’s visit and his extradition.
“Bringing chaos and violence to a facility that exists to help women and mothers is a particularly cruel, disgusting crime that strikes at the very heart of our shared humanity,&#8221; Bondi said in a statement to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/04/bondi-extradite-poland-daniel-jongyon-park">Axios</a>, which first reported on Park’s extradition.
Bartkus attacked the Palm Springs American Reproductive Centers clinic on May 17. Bartkus drove a car with a bomb inside to the clinic and detonated it, killing himself. Others wounded in the blast have since been treated and released from hospital care.
The blast from the bomb was strong enough to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5403669/what-we-know-palm-springs-ivf-clinic-bombing">send</a> pieces of nearby vehicles hundreds of feet in the air, according to police.
Park “shares Bartkus’s extremist views,” according to the Department of Justice, which said that Bartkus’ attack was motivated by his “pro-mortalism, anti-natalism, and anti-pro-life ideology.”
Park shipped an estimated 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate, an explosive precursor chemical, to Bartkus ahead of the attack on the clinic. Park also paid for 90 more pounds of the explosive to be shipped to Bartkus, according to prosecutors.
Park began to ship the ammonium nitrate to Bartkus shortly before Park stayed with Bartkus from January 25 to February 8. Park and Bartkus spent part of their time together in Bartkus’ garage “running experiments,” prosecutors said.

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Feds Arrest Suspected Fertility Clinic Terror Bombing Accomplice

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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on Thursday that the bureau would release video footage that shows &#8220;clear as day&#8221; that child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was the only person in his jail cell before he was found dead with marks around his neck.
In an appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6373606842112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox &amp; Friends</a>&#8221; Thursday morning, Bongino said that all the evidence points to Epstein committing suicide in his New York jail cell in August 2019. Some strange circumastances around Epstein&#8217;s death sparked widespread speculation that the child rapist was killed due to his potential knowledge of influential people allegedly committing similar crimes. Earlier this month, Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel were criticized after they said that there was &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1924115672021241991" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no evidence</a>&#8221; that Epstein killed himself.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not asking anyone to believe me. I&#8217;m telling you what&#8217;s there and what isn&#8217;t,&#8221; Bongino told the &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; co-hosts.
&#8220;There&#8217;s video that when you look at the video, and we will release it &#8230; we are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced version, and we&#8217;re going to give the original so you don&#8217;t think there were any shenanigans — you&#8217;re going to see there&#8217;s no one there but him,&#8221; Bongino added.
He said the video doesn&#8217;t show &#8220;the actual act&#8221; of Epstein committing suicide, adding that the footage comes from a camera in the Metropolitan Correctional Center bay, which was just outside of Epstein&#8217;s cell. Bongino clarified that the FBI would look into any tips that would suggest that Epstein was murdered, but currently, &#8220;there is no DNA, there’s no audio, there’s no fingerprints, there’s no suspects, there’s no accomplices, there’s no tips. There is nothing.&#8221;
&#8220;If you have it, I’m happy to see it. There’s video clear as day, he’s the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it,&#8221; he added.
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Some of the strange circumstances around Epstein&#8217;s death include the fact that he was <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/jeffrey-epstein-was-taken-suicide-watch-high-level-psychologist-n1046071" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removed</a> from suicide watch just days after an apparent suicide attempt in July 2019. The decision to take Epstein off suicide watch was made by a &#8220;doctoral-level psychologist,&#8221; according to the Justice Department.
Additionally, two guards working the overnight shift on Epstein&#8217;s unit before his death allegedly <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-jeffrey-epstein-kill-himself-60-minutes-investigates-2020-01-05/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed</a> to check on him for more than 10 hours, falling asleep and neglecting their duty to make routine checks every 30 minutes. A camera that should have captured Epstein&#8217;s cell door was reportedly not working the night Epstein died.
Epstein was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/nyregion/epstein-suicide-death.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found dead</a> with bed sheets wrapped around his neck at 6:30 a.m. on August 10, 2019, around a month after he was arrested.

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‘Clear As Day’: Bongino Says FBI Will Release Convincing Video On Epstein’s Death

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FBI Director Kash Patel called the Wednesday night <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-embassy-staff-murdered-by-unidentified-shooter-outside-capitol-jewish-museum?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Two+Israeli+Embassy+Staffers+Murdered+By+Keffiyeh-Wearing+Man+Shouting+%E2%80%98Free+Palestine%E2%80%99+In+DC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killings</a> of Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgram, 26, an &#8220;act of terror&#8221; and vowed to pursue justice with &#8220;the full weight of federal law enforcement.&#8221;
Lischinsky and Milgram, who were about to be engaged to be married, were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., which was hosting a Young Diplomats Reception for young Jewish professionals. The suspect detained following the killings was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago resident with far-Left views who reportedly put on a keffiyeh and shouted &#8220;free Palestine&#8221; after fatally shooting the couple.
&#8220;Last night’s act of terror has the full attention of the FBI,&#8221; Patel <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1925580650381238714" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on X on Thursday. &#8220;Targeted anti-Semitic violence is an attack on our core values and will be met with the full weight of federal law enforcement. The individual responsible will be held accountable, and the Bureau will continue pursuing every lead until justice is served.&#8221;
The FBI raided Rodriguez&#8217;s Chicago apartment Thursday morning, but authorities have yet to release any information on what was recovered in the raid. Rodriguez worked for the American Osteopathic Information Association and was once associated with a branch of the far-Left Party for Socialism and Liberation, which pushes anti-Israel views.
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The Party for Socialism and Liberation distanced itself from Rodriguez, writing, “We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it.”
Rodriguez received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago and wrote for the <a href="https://www.thehistorymakers.org/about-the-historymakers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">History Makers</a>, a non-profit organization &#8220;committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans.&#8221;
Authorities are also looking to determine the authenticity of a 900-page <a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-israel-embassy-shooter-manifesto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">manifesto</a> that has been tied to the alleged shooter. In the manifesto, which was published by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, the writer rages against Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas in Gaza, calling it a &#8220;genocide&#8221; and arguing that &#8220;the perpetrators and abettors have forfeited their humanity.&#8221;
Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1925580947463762139" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;The FBI is aware of certain writings allegedly authored by the suspect, and we hope to have updates as to the authenticity very soon.&#8221;
&#8220;The subject is in custody and interviewed last night at approximately 1am. As this is a pending investigation, we will share more with you when we are able,&#8221; Bongino added. &#8220;As our [Washington Field Office] said, the FBI believes there is no ongoing threat to the public at this time. At the same time, I want the public to be assured we are following up on any additional leads to ensure we do our complete and total due diligence on this.&#8221;

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FBI Director Kash Patel teased a coming &#8220;wave of transparency&#8221; with regard to the Russiagate controversy that dogged President Donald Trump during his first term in the White House.
In a Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6373020839112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> alongside Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Patel spoke to &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; host Maria Bartiromo about reviving trust in the bureau years after the scandal that they have long examined and criticized. Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-declassification-of-materials-related-to-the-federal-bureau-of-investigations-crossfire-hurricane-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> an order in March for the declassification of materials related to the Russia investigation, codenamed &#8220;Crossfire Hurricane,&#8221; led by the FBI. Just The News chief investigative correspondent Jerry Dunleavy has already <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/declassified-crossfire-hurricane-docs-shine-light-steele-clinton-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">begun to report</a> some of their contents.
&#8220;I can speak to the folks that were in our seats, our predecessors, and they intentionally failed the American public by putting on the biggest D.C. deception game we have ever seen. They said the FBI was the most storied institution for law enforcement, and it was. And it will be again very soon,&#8221; Patel said.
Patel then made reference to several major Russiagate figures who previously served in the bureau: former Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former agent Peter Strzok, and former General Counsel James Baker. The interview, which aired Sunday, was recorded before federal authorities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/director-of-national-intel-says-comey-should-be-thrown-jail-86-trump-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened</a> an investigation into Comey over a social media post that some have taken to be a threat against Trump. Comey denies that he intended to call for violence.
&#8220;But when the likes of Comey and McCabe and Strzok and company came in here with the James Bakers of the world and intentionally lied to a federal court, only to rig a presidential election by lying to the American public and using taxpayer dollars, likely illegally, to fund this entire operation, and then withhold exculpatory information from a federal court that I used to appear before to manhunt terrorists, that&#8217;s what broke the FBI,&#8221; Patel said, referring to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-kill-fisa-as-lawmakers-consider-surveillance-reauthorization" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FISA scandal</a> within Russiagate.
&#8220;And then, when they were caught, they lied about it,&#8221; Patel added. &#8220;And you and a few others like Dan and others were brave enough to cover it six, seven, eight years ago. And we&#8217;re still talking about it today, because, as Congress is working rigorously with us, the Crossfire Hurricane documents are coming fast and hard. And they&#8217;re being sent there unredacted, so we can have full accountability. And that&#8217;s how you restore &#8230; the trust that was lost to the American public when it comes to the FBI.&#8221;
Bartiromo pushed back.
&#8220;Yes, but, come on, Director. With all due respect, we have been talking about this for a long time, and I have been demanding accountability for many, many years,&#8221; she said. &#8220;One of the — you mentioned Comey, Strzok and the rest. They have got TV shows. They have got media platforms. They&#8217;re fine. There&#8217;s been no accountability.&#8221;
In response to what he conceded was &#8220;a fair criticism,&#8221; Patel emphasized the situation is now different.
&#8220;What I will tell people is, we weren&#8217;t here in the FBI in the last five years, when we had statute of limitations that were still in play, where we could have investigated criminal conduct. Most of these statute of limitations are five years old,&#8221; Patel said. &#8220;And we will investigate criminal conduct where we find a righteous case to do so and the law and the facts allow us to. But a lot of it, we&#8217;re precluded from. So we will take the criticism, and it&#8217;s rightfully so, that could we have done more in the past? Sure, people before us could have.&#8221;
He continued: &#8220;But what we can do now is continue to put out the documents and the information that these people withheld from the American public. And I&#8217;m just telling you, right now, as much as we know about Crossfire Hurricane, he and I just found out more last week. And we&#8217;re continuing to work with Congress to put those documents out. That&#8217;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&#8217;t supposed to look. And it&#8217;s a good thing we&#8217;re here now to clean it up, and you&#8217;re about to see a wave of transparency.&#8221;
Pressed to explain what he meant, Patel added with a smile, &#8220;Just give us about a week or two.&#8221;
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Kash Patel Hints At Major Russia Investigation Reveal

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FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday that the bureau&#8217;s J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., which has been the agency&#8217;s headquarters for 50 years, would shut down as he seeks to move agents out of the nation&#8217;s capital.
Patel made the surprise announcement during a <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372897577112">preview clip</a> of Fox News&#8217; Sunday Morning Futures, which was released on Friday morning, alongside Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know I was going to do this, but I&#8217;m going to announce it on your show anyway: this FBI is leaving the Hoover Building,&#8221; Patel said. &#8220;Because this building is unsafe for our workforce. We want the American men and women to know, if you&#8217;re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we&#8217;re going to give you a building that&#8217;s commensurate with that, and that&#8217;s not this place.&#8221;
Bongino laughed as Patel made the announcement, telling him, &#8220;You just gave up a big nugget there.&#8221;
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A year before he became FBI director, Patel <a href="https://rollcall.com/2025/02/20/senate-confirms-kash-patel-as-fbi-director/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that he would &#8220;shut down the FBI Hoover building on Day 1 and [reopen it the] next day as a museum of the deep state.&#8221; He added that he would &#8220;take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them across America to chase down criminals.&#8221; The FBI director has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kash-patel-to-relocate-hundreds-of-fbi-staff-out-of-dc-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing</a> major changes to the bureau, including increased &#8220;accountability&#8221; and a return to more traditional law enforcement roles.
For more than two decades, the FBI has been considering moving out of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which was completed in 1975. A <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-12-96.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2011 report</a> from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the building needed serious repairs and was &#8220;inefficient&#8221; for the FBI&#8217;s needs. Former President Joe Biden <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/washington-fbi-headquarters-hoover-building-deteriorating-pennsylvania-avenue-set-for-move-suburbs-2022-president-joe-biden-budget-fiscal-year-2023-it-infrastructure-greenbelt-metro-station-landover-gsa-warehouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> language in his 2023 fiscal year budget to get the ball rolling on a brand new 2.1 million-square-foot headquarters for the bureau in Maryland that would house around 7,500 employees. The project would cost $2.5 billion.
President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-washington-dc-fbi-headquarters-greenbelt-president-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in March, however, that he is putting a stop to those plans, and instead, wants to &#8220;build another big FBI building right where it is, which would have been the right place because the FBI and the DOJ [Department of Justice] have to be near each other.&#8221;
&#8220;They were going to build an FBI headquarters three hours away in Maryland, a liberal state,&#8221; Trump said, adding, &#8220;But we&#8217;re going to stop it, not going to let that happen.&#8221;
Patel also said he wants to reduce the number of FBI employees in the D.C. area.
&#8220;Look, the FBI has 38,000 when we&#8217;re fully manned, which we&#8217;re not,&#8221; Patel told Fox News. &#8220;In the national capital region, in the 50-mile radius around Washington, D.C., there were 11,000 FBI employees. That&#8217;s like a third of the workforce. A third of the crime doesn&#8217;t happen here, so we&#8217;re taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out.&#8221;

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Former FBI Director James Comey landed himself in hot water over what he claimed was a &#8220;shell formation&#8221; that he&#8217;d just happened to stumble upon while walking down the beach.
Comey&#8217;s photo, which he shared via Instagram, showed seashells arranged to form the numbers &#8220;86&#8221; and &#8220;47&#8221; — which was interpreted to mean &#8220;get rid of&#8221; President Donald Trump, the 47th president. It quickly caught the attention of a number of critics — including current FBI Director Kash Patel.
&#8220;Cool shell formation on my beach walk,&#8221; he captioned the since-deleted post.
&#8220;Just James Comey causally calling for my dad to be murdered. This is who the Dem-Media worships. Demented!!!!&#8221; Donald Trump Jr. posted via X.
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Just James Comey causally calling for my dad to be murdered.
This is who the Dem-Media worships. Demented!!!! <a href="https://t.co/4LUK6crHAT">pic.twitter.com/4LUK6crHAT</a>
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1923118680658862260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;James Comey is posting cryptic messages online alluding to getting rid of President Trump. Would he like to explain what he means by this given the assassination attempts on President Trump? Take a look @FBIDirectorKash @FBI,&#8221; Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) added.
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James Comey is posting cryptic messages online alluding to getting rid of President Trump.
Would he like to explain what he means by this given the assassination attempts on President Trump?
Take a look, <a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBIDirectorKash</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a>. <a href="https://t.co/NxnDM3xyti">pic.twitter.com/NxnDM3xyti</a>
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarshaBlackburn/status/1923135946976849958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Don&#8217;t know how this can be interpreted as any other way but a threat against President Trump. James Comey should at the very least get a visit from the secret service. Also is everyone mentally ill?&#8221; Meghan McCain posted.
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Don&#8217;t know how this can be interpreted as any other way but a threat against President Trump.
James Comey should at the very least get a visit from the secret service.
Also is everyone mentally ill? <a href="https://t.co/Gn4Hbpn98f">https://t.co/Gn4Hbpn98f</a>
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1923122924531126387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is a direct THREAT against President Trump, who has already survived two assassination attempts. BEYOND despicable. James Comey MUST face consequences,&#8221; Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) added.
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This is a direct THREAT against President Trump, who has already survived two assassination attempts.
BEYOND despicable. James Comey MUST face consequences. <a href="https://t.co/CVkXt0T1CO">pic.twitter.com/CVkXt0T1CO</a>
— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTuberville/status/1923147738142625970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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FBI Director Kash Patel responded via X, saying that the Bureau was aware of the post and was looking into the matter.
&#8220;We are aware of the recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey, directed at President Trump. We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran. Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support,&#8221; he said.
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We are aware of the recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey, directed at President Trump. We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran. Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support.
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Comey deleted the photo, following up with a post claiming that he&#8217;d just happened on the shells already arranged that way and had assumed the message was political rather than threatening.
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&#8220;I posted a picture earlier of some shells I saw on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message,&#8221; Comey said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.&#8221;
Critics didn&#8217;t buy Comey&#8217;s explanation, however.
Greg Price commented, &#8220;Comey deleted his threat against President Trump and posted a statement claiming he just randomly stumbled across Trump derangement syndrome shell art and had no idea what it meant. Yes, I&#8217;m sure the guy who once ran the FBI was just clueless on this one.&#8221;
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Comey deleted his threat against President Trump and posted a statement claiming he just randomly stumbled across Trump derangement syndrome shell art and had no idea what it meant.
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— Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1923145561596641529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Disgraced Former FBI Chief Deletes ‘86 47′ Post That Got Kash Patel’s Attention

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) did her best to force feed her pre-selected narrative into FBI Director Kash Patel&#8217;s mouth during a Thursday hearing — but when Patel immediately called her out, refusing to take the bait, Murray substituted her own testimony for his.
Murray began by questioning Patel about whether or not he was &#8220;weaponizing&#8221; the FBI, prompting him to lay out a series of the bureau&#8217;s more recent cases as evidence that the men and women of the FBI were doing their jobs and doing them well.
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🚨 Kash Patel just WRECKED Patty Murray
KASH: “I think the common theme is you putting words in my mouth, and I’m not going to tolerate it.”
“If you wanna talk about someone who was attacked by a weaponized bureau, you’re looking at him. And now he’s the Director of the FBI”… <a href="https://t.co/YX031HzTIF">pic.twitter.com/YX031HzTIF</a>
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&#8220;That&#8217;s not my question,&#8221; Murray interrupted. &#8220;We know that —&#8221;
&#8220;Well, you asked if I was weaponizing the FBI and I am not,&#8221; Patel pushed back. &#8220;I&#8217;m giving you the hard concrete examples of the men and women putting handcuffs on bad people doing harm to our children and innocent Americans. I do not see weaponization.&#8221;
&#8220;But you have placed on leave FBI employees responsible for the investigation of January 6th,&#8221; Murray asserted. &#8220;That sounds political to me.&#8221;
&#8220;I have not placed anyone on leave who has not violated their ethical obligation or their oath to the Constitution,&#8221; Patel replied.
&#8220;So &#8230; if they were investigating January 6th, you believe they were violating an ethic — obligation —&#8221; Murray tried again.
&#8220;No,&#8221; Patel said. &#8220;I think the common theme is you putting words in my mouth, and I’m not going to tolerate it, nor will the men and women of the FBI.&#8221;
Murray pressed onward: &#8220;Well, you did place on leave an analyst responsible for investigating Russia&#8217;s meddling in the 2016 election. Is that politicization? Is that retribution?&#8221;
&#8220;No. Not if she broke the law or the ethical guidelines,&#8221; Patel shot back. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know which case you&#8217;re talking about, but that&#8217;s the standard, and we will hold ourselves inwardly accountable and we will not be strayed from our mission because people think we are &#8216;politicizing&#8217; the bureau.&#8221;
&#8220;If you want to talk about someone who was attacked by a weaponized bureau, you’re looking at him. And now he’s the Director of the FBI and he&#8217;s cleaning it up,&#8221; Patel continued.
Murray, upon realizing that she was not going to be able to get Patel to say what she wanted him to, shifted gears then and testified herself.
&#8220;I would just say to everyone who&#8217;s listening that the FBI needs to be focused on its mission to keep the entire country safe,&#8221; she said, giving no evidence that the bureau, under Patel, was not doing exactly that. &#8220;It should not be weaponized for partisan political gain. Thank you.&#8221;

Dem Senator Tries To Force Feed Testimony To Kash Patel. It Doesn’t Work, So She Testifies Instead.

Dem Senator Tries To Force Feed Testimony To Kash Patel. It Doesn't Work, So She Testifies Instead.

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Federal authorities say they have saved more than 100 children in an operation that resulted in the capture of more than 200 sex offenders.
The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/justice-department-announces-results-operation-restore-justice">announced</a> Wednesday that the FBI arrested 205 child sex offenders throughout the country in Operation Restore Justice, part of a nationwide crackdown on child sex trafficking and abuse that the agency says “resulted in the rescue of 115 children.”
“The Department of Justice will never stop fighting to protect victims — especially child victims — and we will not rest until we hunt down, arrest, and prosecute every child predator who preys on the most vulnerable among us,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi as she announced the operation, which took place over the course of five days. “I am grateful to the FBI and their state and local partners for their incredible work in Operation Restore Justice and have directed my prosecutors not to negotiate.”
Among the more than 200 suspects arrested in the operation are an illegal alien from Mexico, a former Washington D.C. police officer, and a Minnesota State Trooper and Army reservist. The suspects have been charged with a range of crimes, including child sex trafficking, possessing, producing, or distributing child sexual abuse material, and online enticement of minors.
Bondi also <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/hundreds-of-alleged-sex-predators-arrested-by-fbi-and-doj-kash-patel-and-pam-bondi-announce/">warned</a> parents that they must keep an eye on their children&#8217;s activity online to ensure that they are not being targeted by predators. “Parents, you have to know this is so serious, your child has no right to privacy on the internet, none,” Bondi noted. “You have to monitor what your kids are doing, whether they’re playing games on the internet, on social media, any other websites that children and teenagers frequent, an online predator can find them.”
FBI Director Kash Patel said that the success of the operation, which involved agents from 55 field offices, sends a clear message to those who prey on children. “Every child deserves to grow up free from fear and exploitation, and the FBI will continue to be relentless in our pursuit of those who exploit the most vulnerable among us,” Patel said.
“Operation Restore Justice proves that no predator is out of reach and no child will be forgotten. By leveraging the strength of all our field offices and our federal, state and local partners, we’re sending a clear message: there is no place to hide for those who prey on children.”

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Bondi Announces The Rescue Of Over 100 Children In Historic Bust Of Sexual Predators

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