The FBI has quietly launched a wide-ranging criminal investigation into what officials are calling a decade-long “grand conspiracy” by Democratic Party operatives and deep-state actors to interfere in multiple U.S. elections. FBI Director Kash Patel initiated the probe a few weeks ago, and sources told Just the News it could lead to a special prosecutor to determine whether actions surrounding Russia collusion, Jack Smith’s prosecutions, and other events amount to a criminal conspiracy. One source said the case could accelerate if President Trump declassifies two sets of still-classified evidence from 2016.
The first set is a classified annex tied to the inspector general’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server—an annex Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley has sought for years. It allegedly shows that credible intelligence suggesting wrongdoing was ignored by the FBI. The second set relates to Special Counsel John Durham’s final report, which discusses “Clinton plan intelligence.” Durham revealed that U.S. intelligence agencies knew the Clinton campaign was pushing a false Russia collusion narrative in 2016 before the FBI launched its now-discredited Crossfire Hurricane probe.
Much of the evidence used in that probe came from Clinton allies or the campaign itself. Both sets of documents remain classified, reportedly to protect sensitive intelligence methods. Earlier this month, CIA Director John Ratcliffe issued a harsh review of how the intelligence community handled Russian interference claims in 2016, accusing former CIA Director John Brennan of prioritizing a political narrative over sound analysis and criticizing the FBI for helping promote the debunked Steele dossier. Ratcliffe later wrote that Trump was the target of “an atypical & corrupt process” under Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey.
If Trump declassifies the Grassley and Durham annexes, prosecutors could use them before a grand jury to show a pattern of misconduct—arguing that agencies ignored evidence harmful to Democrats while aggressively targeting Trump. One option under discussion is appointing a special prosecutor to examine evidence that the FBI received intelligence in August 2020 suggesting China was preparing fake mail-in ballots to help Joe Biden. Instead of investigating, the FBI allegedly instructed other agencies to disregard and destroy the information. The statute of limitations on that incident expires in weeks.
Officials say the broader conspiracy case could allow prosecutors to tie both older and newer misconduct together as part of an ongoing criminal scheme. This approach could also allow seating a grand jury outside Washington, D.C., where conviction rates in Trump-related cases have been extremely low. Florida is under consideration as a possible venue, with officials noting that some overt acts in the alleged conspiracy occurred there and remain within the statute of limitations. A former federal prosecutor told Just the News that Florida could be logical given the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid and other events.
If the case progresses and a special prosecutor is appointed, it could examine whether years of decisions made by government officials were part of a coordinated attempt to influence the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections. Democrats — including Clinton, Comey, Brennan, and Smith — have denied wrongdoing while acknowledging certain mistakes. But congressional Republicans have uncovered evidence suggesting those mistakes may have been intentional. The probe is expected to review multiple cases involving Trump that relied on flawed or fabricated evidence, with officials believing the “grand conspiracy” case could link these events into a coordinated effort to weaponize federal law enforcement against a political opponent.
