Overview

• FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital he uncovered multiple ‘burn bags’ of Russiagate documents hidden in a secret FBI room
• Trump misheard the query about ‘burn bags’ as a person named “Burn Bag” and instead launched into a tirade calling the Epstein scandal a “scam set up by the Democrats”
• He argued the Epstein files were “very old news” and suggested Democrats would have released damaging material before the 2016 election if it existed
• The administration has filed motions to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts and is pressing to declassify the classified annex of Durham’s 2023 report
• The exchange highlights ongoing DOJ–FBI leadership tensions and growing bipartisan pressure for transparency in both the Epstein and Russiagate probes