While most of us are trudging along in 2026, FBI Director Kash Patel is keeping his eyes on 2020 and President Donald Trump's continuous claims that election was stolen from him. Now, Patel asserts evidence supporting Donald Trump's allegations will be released this week.
"We have the information that backs President Trump’s claim," Patel said. And that, of course, would make his boss very happy as a "stolen election" is an enduring theme for the president who was unseated by Joe Biden in 2020, before he regained the Oval Office in a race against Kamala Harris in 2024.
“I can’t get ahead of the Department of Justice and the president, but President Trump… President Trump speaks truthfully when he says that," Patel said on FOX News about the election theft allegation. "“Stay tuned this week. You might see a thing or two.”
Trump's claims that Biden somehow stole the election led to the "Stop the Steal" movement that brought the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. And it's resurfacing as the Department of Justice tries to force Wayne County, Michigan -- which includes Detroit -- to turn over all ballots from the November 2024 election.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon gave the county 14 days to produce ballots, ballot receipts and ballot envelopes in an attempt to prove there was something fishy during the last election in the heavily Democratic area.
Michigan's leaders are pushing back and calling the attempt "absurd."
“Once again, President Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department in an attempt to sabotage our democratic process and turn it into his own personal agency to interfere in state elections. This request is as absurd as it is baseless,” said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. “Successful convictions underline that Michigan’s safeguards work and that instances of voter fraud are rare and addressed. Using these prosecutions and recycling debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories as justification to demand copies of the ballots of Michigan residents is a clear attempt to bully clerks and spread fear, even after Donald Trump won Michigan in 2024. If this administration wants to bring this circus to our state, my office is prepared to protect the people’s right to vote.”
Patel's new claims about new evidence surfaces amid his own controversy. He sued The Atlantic on Monday after their weekend report that said he's been so drunk on numerous occasions the Secret Service had a difficult time waking him up. Patel vehemently denies alcoholism and paranoia about being fired.
"Director Patel does not drink to excess at these establishments or anywhere else, and this has not, and has never been, a source of concern across the government,” Patel's defamation suit says.
The FBI director is seeking $250 million in damages.
Still working to prove Trump won in 2020
Still working to prove Trump won in 2020
