The materials are now being reviewed and declassified in coordination with top intelligence officials, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Attorney General Pam Bondi. The annex is expected to be delivered to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who will ultimately decide what is released publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One source familiar with the annex told Fox News Digital that intelligence collected before the FBI launched Crossfire Hurricane suggested \u2014 with \u201calarming specificity\u201d \u2014 that the bureau would play a role in advancing the Trump\u2013Russia narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cMere days after this intelligence was collected, the FBI launched Crossfire Hurricane,\u201d the source said. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to see how Brennan, Clapper and Comey are going to be able to explain this away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Patel has suggested the hidden room was deliberately concealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust think about this,\u201d he said in a separate interview. \u201cMe, as director of the FBI\u2026 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The documents have since been turned over to Grassley as part of an ongoing congressional push to uncover more details about the origins of the Russia investigation and any potential misconduct within the intelligence community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, the biggest question remains: how did a secure room filled with highly sensitive materials exist inside FBI headquarters \u2014 completely off the books \u2014 without anyone knowing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n