FBI Releases Kash Patel Report

The FBI distributed a classified internal report to employees, dubbed the “Patel Report,” saying it examines past chapters where the bureau “fell short.” Separate accounts say FBI Director Kash Patel repeatedly pressed agents to keep pursuing President Donald Trump’s false 2020 election-fraud claims after they found no evidence. The report fits Patel’s push to revisit the bureau’s past and punish officials he believes politicized it, despite telling senators he would not look backward. Current and former officials said election requests came from the White House; the White House did not admit directing FBI fraud cases. FBI leaders called the report accountability. The bureau has not explained who drafted it.