Patel says he is trying to build a transparent Russiagate case for the American public

FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday opened up about his recent work that uncovered an alleged massive plot to smear President Donald Trump by planting now-debunked stories about Russia collusion in the mainstream media.

Just The News has broken several stories recently about the Russiagate scandal, which found that high-ranking government officials during the Obama administration tried to damage Trump during and after his 2016 presidential campaign by promoting false conspiracies, to the benefit of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Patel said his team in the Trump administration is hoping to build a case for the public that showcases an alleged cover-up by former government officials to provide accountability, even if the statute of limitations passed on actually prosecuting them.

"What we're doing is building a case for the American public under the truth and transparency and accountability initiative," Patel told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "What I mean by that is [Attorney General Pam] Bondi ... John Ratcliffe at the CIA, [National Intelligence] Director [Tulsi] Gabbard ... we are working with them, because the documents that would facilitate an investigation of this magnitude don't just rest at the FBI and DOJ, they're throughout the intelligence community."

Patel said his team has been exposing documentation that he already knew existed but was previously classified for "political reasons" and then taking it to Congress, who can use their oversight authority to help publicize the information.

"We are educating the American public as we build through this transparency initiative and where the investigation goes, I can assure you of this, we will have max accountability for the American public," he said. "We are going to de-weaponize the FBI and get its credibility back to the American people by delivering the accountability, by showing them what we're doing every step of the way, that has never been done before, restoring the FBI to its former greatness."

Patel added that the "cover-up" of the alleged corruption by the Obama and Biden administrations was also bad because they had the trust of the public.

"As bad as the crime is, the corruption cover-up from senior government officials who were sworn to uphold their duties and accountability for the American public, they are the ones who violated that trust and need to be held accountable," he said.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.