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Ex-Counterterrorism Official Says FBI Illegally Spied Trump

5/6/2026

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Kash Patel, former senior director for counterterrorism, alleged the FBI obtained illegal surveillance warrants on President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, which a FISA court ruled illegal.
He spent two years exposing a foreign-intelligence plot that fed fabricated data to the FBI to secure false warrants.
Patel said the surveillance continued under the Biden administration, revealed an FBI “burn bag” room with Russiagate documents, and pledged to find evidence.

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Kash Patel, former senior director for counterterrorism, alleged the FBI obtained illegal surveillance warrants on President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, which a FISA court ruled illegal.
He spent two years exposing a foreign-intelligence plot that fed fabricated data to the FBI to secure false warrants.
Patel said the surveillance continued under the Biden administration, revealed an FBI “burn bag” room with Russiagate documents, and pledged to find evidence.