Report: FBI Concealed Copies Of Key Docs In Russia Probe Out Of Fear Trump Would End It

President Donald Trump looks on during a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 24, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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The FBI reportedly stashed away crucial documents in its Russia-Trump campaign investigation, including FBI Director James Comey’s memos on his conversations with President Donald Trump, out of fear that Trump would shut down the probe.

According to CNN, the FBI took several steps to shield the documents under then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s leadership after Trump fired Comey in 2017.

McCabe reportedly had investigators stash Comey’s memos in the agency’s software system, SENTINEL, where they couldn’t be scrubbed in the event that Trump ousted McCabe too (which he eventually did).

Additionally, FBI agents hid at least three copies of the memos and other documents in “remote locations around the Bureau,” in CNN’s words.

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  1. I imagine the FBI leaving them in plain sight but giving the files names like “Photos of Athletes Kneeling” or “Hydroxychloroquine Studies” knowing Trump would never look at them.

  2. They just use printed words, knowing he can’t read.

  3. Looks like today is the day Trump fires the FBI.

  4. Looks more like when Spanky loses there will be some treason charges and other gems waiting for him
    You don’t shit on the FBI Trump
    They have the goods on you
    They get even

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