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<\/p>\nFBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday night that a \u201cwave of transparency\u201d is on the horizon for the agency, accusing the FBI of shielding Hillary Clinton for nearly a decade\u2014a pattern he claimed is finally coming to an end.<\/p>\n
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Appearing on Fox News\u2019 Sunday Morning Futures alongside FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Patel said the Bureau is beginning the long process of restoring public trust after years of scrutiny over its handling of high-profile Democratic figures, allegations surrounding January 6, and its controversial investigations into President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Patel emphasized that it was his discovery of the FBI\u2019s role in initiating the Crossfire Hurricane investigation\u2014centered on alleged Trump-Russia collusion\u2014that solidified his belief the government had been \u201cweaponized\u201d against Clinton\u2019s political opponents.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou asked in the beginning how the FBI was weaponized,\u201d he said to host Maria Bartiromo. \u201cWell, the FBI hijacked the constitutional responsibility of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General, and James Comey and others specifically decided what cases to prosecute and not prosecute. Don\u2019t believe me? Go to the videotape in the Hillary Clinton investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t decide prosecutions, nor does any agent or intel analyst. We have great partners under Attorney General [Pam] Bondi. We work with them and discuss the matter with them, but the prosecutorial decision is with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Patel added that in the near future, the FBI will publicly disclose the extent to which former agents went to sustain the unfounded allegation that President Trump colluded with Russian operatives to influence the 2016 election.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s 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\u2019t supposed to look,\u201d Patel said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good thing we\u2019re here now to clean it up, and you\u2019re about to see a wave of transparency\u2026 Just give us about a week or two.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patel directed some of his sharpest criticism at his own agency, accusing the FBI of \u201cintentionally failing the American public\u201d by orchestrating what he called the \u201cbiggest D.C. deception game\u201d in history. He argued that under the leadership of James Comey, Andrew McCabe, and Peter Strzok, public trust in the FBI plummeted to historic lows\u2014trust that, he said, will take years to rebuild.<\/p>\n