FBI chief Patel says 2020 election fraud arrests 'coming soon'
Source: USA Today
April 20, 2026 Updated April 21, 2026, 11:20 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON Embattled FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau has gathered "information" supporting President Donald Trumps longstanding and debunked claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him and that arrests are coming soon.
I would say stay tuned this week. You might see a thing or two, Patel said April 19 on "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo" on Fox News.
Trump for years has repeated his claims that American elections are rigged and that the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden was essentially stolen from him due to voter fraud and other election problems.
Those claims have been investigated and dismissed by courts and election authorities. Trump lost 61 of 62 cases in court by the time his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to interrupt electoral count proceedings on Jan. 6, 2021.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/04/20/fbi-chief-patel-says-2020-election-fraud-arrests-coming-soon/89707799007/
THE poster child "definition of insanity".
pfitz59
(12,818 posts)won't cover up the stench he's spreading throughout the bureau.
Attilatheblond
(9,071 posts)Does Petty Kash really think that will help him hold onto his job & all those cool perks he is abusing?
Blue Owl
(59,355 posts)moose65
(3,458 posts)When I see that his name is literally Cash App 😝😝
Polybius
(22,008 posts)calimary
(90,382 posts)Kash just keeps on yapping.
Historic NY
(40,092 posts)I want to see pictures from the clubs. How many places is he running a tab at? I bet there are some good bartender and server stories out there. Perhaps Atlantic was deep sea fishing in DC. Slish sloshed I was taking a bath.
ChicagoTeamster
(1,093 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,564 posts)eppur_se_muova
(42,160 posts)lostincalifornia
(5,436 posts)deviants who are actively perverting justice.
I by some miracle we are able to get control again, these deplorable anti-Democratic, racist pigs need to be held accountable for the damage they have done to our country and the world.
Turbineguy
(40,134 posts)The United States of America is their enemy.
Klarkashton
(5,356 posts)In the meantime the heat is off.
EarthFirst
(4,196 posts)Pathetic.
Talitha
(8,090 posts)dickthegrouch
(4,585 posts)Let's have those arrests first!!
Ol Janx Spirit
(1,038 posts)He's desperate and if he had the goods on someone powerful for what they have been claiming for years it would have been "day one" material.
Patel is a pathetic joke; his days are numbered; and he knows it.
Bayard
(29,978 posts)trump already lost more than 60 court cases with this crap, and apparently it wasn't enough. It didn't get much press, but he's admitted that Biden beat him fair and square when he was having a lucid moment. People died for his ego.
Martin68
(27,942 posts)moose65
(3,458 posts)No law enforcement agency announces arrests in advance. They just, you know, do the arresting.
Talitha
(8,090 posts)Yeah, you're absolutely right.
But consider who we're dealing with here.
The guy's nutty as squirrel shit.
fujiyamasan
(1,904 posts)Not enough of a distraction from the Atlantic article (his lawsuit will keep the story alive), but his only purpose is to go after anyone Trump views as an enemy. For that reason I think hell survive a little longer than some of the others.
LudwigPastorius
(14,855 posts)Translation: I'm still shopping for a federal judge that will issue arrest warrants based on some made up bullshit.
Attilatheblond
(9,071 posts)lonely bird
(2,984 posts)Or you might not.
Smackdown2019
(1,363 posts)He may of meant 2016 instead 2020... hitting the liquor too hard.
Javaman
(65,894 posts)Historic NY
(40,092 posts)Zambero
(10,015 posts)Stay tuned for Case #63, coming right up!
Ocelot II
(130,872 posts)If somebody rigged an election on or before November of 2020, and it's now April of 2026, how is that going to work?
UpInArms
(55,119 posts)they are a danger to society
The inability to accept facts as facts, to invent an alternative reality, to insist the grass is blue and the sky is green, is insane.
Roy Rolling
(7,665 posts)The 61 of 62 cases lost boxed comment was great. Thanks.