All posts tagged "Russiagate"

FBI Director and conspiracy theorist Kash Patel recently had a rapt audience in podcaster Joe Rogan when he reiterated claims that the "Trump-Russia affair" was all a made-up ploy by the Democrats to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. But David Corn with MotherJones warned Rogan that Patel used the podcaster's platform to spin "a false narrative" that deserved scrutiny.

In an open letter to Rogan, Corn wrote, "I have the impression you are a man who does not like to be played. I regret to inform you that Kash Patel played you."

Corn continued, "When the FBI director was on your show last month, he made multiple statements that were false or misleading. Given that you’re a proponent of truth-telling, I expect you will be troubled to learn this."...

Podcaster Joe Rogan couldn't believe his ears when Kash Patel accused former FBI Director James Comey of hoarding a trove of unvetted information in a secret room at the Hoover Building.

Last month, Patel told Fox News's Maria Bartiromo that he would be revealing previously hidden documents related to the Trump "Russiagate" investigation alleging that Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was aided by Russian interference. The infamous Mueller Report, released in 2019, concluded that the special counsel had insufficient evidence to bring any charges against Trump for the alleged collusion.

"Just think about this," Patel began. "Me, as director of the FBI, the former 'Russiagate guy,' when I first got to the bureau, found a room that Comey and others hid from the world in the Hoover Building, full of documents and computer hard drives that no one had ever seen or heard of. Locked the key and hid access and just said, 'No one's ever gonna find this place.'"...