FBI Director Kash Patel Says Arrests Are Coming Soon In 2020 Election Probe

FBI Director Kash Patel told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News that the bureau has “information” and “evidence” supporting President Donald Trump’s longstanding claim that the 2020 election was “rigged,” and he said arrests are “coming soon.”

“FBI director Kash Patel said that his agency will soon make arrests – maybe this week – in connection to the 2020 presidential election, which he claims was rigged”

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Patel said, “I would say stay tuned this week. You might see a thing or two,” on “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo,” adding, “We are going to be making arrests. And it’s coming. And I promise you, it’s coming soon.”

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In the same interview, Patel said the FBI is “working with our prosecutors at Department of Justice under Attorney General Todd Blanche,” and he framed the effort as part of a broader case, saying the Trump administration was “folding” the probe “into our entire conspiracy case.”

Patel also told Bartiromo, “They tried to thwart our elections and rig the entire system,” and he said, “And ... that is not something I’m going to allow on my watch.”

The USA Today account ties Patel’s remarks to a wider Justice Department effort, describing a sprawling Justice Department investigation “based out of Miami and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.”

USA Today also notes that Trump “lost 61 of 62 cases in court” by the time supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and it places Patel’s comments in that ongoing political and legal context.

Patel’s promise of arrests was presented as the culmination of an evidentiary process, but he repeatedly declined to provide details publicly, telling Bartiromo that he “can’t get ahead of the DOJ and the president.”

In USA Today’s account, Patel said, “We have the information that backs President Trump's claim,” while also stating that because it is “an ongoing prosecution and investigation,” he “can't get ahead of the DOJ and the president.”

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The Independent similarly quotes Patel urging viewers to “Stay tuned this week,” while insisting, “We have the information that backs President Trump’s claim,” and adding, “I can’t get ahead of the Department of Justice and the president, but President Trump… President Trump speaks truthfully when he says that.”

Free Malaysia Today likewise reports Patel’s Fox Business remarks, quoting him: “I can announce on your show that we’ve got all the information we need. We’re working with our prosecutors at the Department of Justice and their attorney general, Todd Blanche, and we are going to be making arrests, and it’s coming. And I promise you, it’s coming soon.”

Democracy Docket describes Patel’s explanation as part of a larger effort, quoting him that he was “never going to let this go” because “they tried to thwart our elections and rigged the entire system.”

Politico adds that Patel’s threat came as the Justice Department “requested Detroit-area ballots from a Michigan elections official” and as Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson “rebuffed the demand.”

The arrest promise unfolded alongside reporting and allegations about Patel’s conduct, with The Atlantic profile allegations described as sparking rumors he could be fired and prompting Patel to threaten legal action.

“The FBI raided an election office in Georgia, in the southern United States, this Wednesday, as part of an investigation related to the 2020 elections, in which President Donald Trump has insisted that there was fraud, according to outlets such as Fox News and NBC citing federal sources”

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The Independent says Patel was “hit by allegations of alcoholism this weekend,” and it links those claims to “rumors he could soon be fired,” while also quoting Patel telling Bartiromo, “We are not going to take this lying down. You want to attack my character? Come at me. Bring it on. I’ll see you in court.”

USA Today reports that Patel planned to sue The Atlantic for defamation and that he “did so on April 20, filing a $250 million suit against the magazine and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick,” while stating “The Atlantic said it stands by its reporting.”

The Independent adds that Fitzpatrick, the journalist behind the report, told MS NOW, “We have excellent attorneys,” and it quotes her telling CNN that “People close to the director have said that he himself has expressed that he believes that he is about to be fired or that is imminent.”

It also reports that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Independent that “Director Patel remains a critical player on the administration’s law and order team.”

USA Today further describes Patel as linking the alcohol allegations and media coverage to his investigations, saying he suggested the negative coverage were “hit pieces done in response to his investigations into alleged anti-Trump actions by officials in the Biden and Obama administrations.”

Beyond Patel’s interview, Politico describes the Justice Department’s election scrutiny as escalating through demands aimed at state election administration, including a request for Detroit-area ballots and litigation seeking access to voter rolls.

Politico says the Justice Department “requested Detroit-area ballots from a Michigan elections official” and that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson “rebuffed the demand,” with the article stating “The FBI and the DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”

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The same Politico account says the Justice Department “has also sued more than two dozen states in recent months demanding access to their unredacted voter rolls,” and it reports “drawing pushback from election officials in both parties.”

Politico further states that the department “has also sought records related to the 2020 election from two counties in Arizona and Georgia that were at the heart of debunked conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud.”

Democracy Docket adds that Patel’s comments suggested that “recent moves from his agency – ballot seizures of Fulton County, Georgia and obtaining election records from Maricopa County, Arizona” might be part of a larger case to paint the 2020 election as illegitimate.

Milenio reports a separate development, saying “The FBI raided an election office in Georgia, in the southern United States, this Wednesday,” and it identifies the location as “the Fulton County Election Operations Center” with its county seat in Atlanta.

Milenio places the FBI raid in Georgia within the broader election-related dispute involving Fulton County, and it describes the raid as tied to the 2020 elections and Trump’s insistence that there was fraud.

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The article says FBI agents inspected the Fulton County Election Operations Center, “whose county seat is Atlanta and which was key to Democrat Joe Biden's victory over Trump in November 2020.”

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It reports that “Spokespersons for the FBI's Atlanta office confirmed to local media that they had executed a court-authorized search warrant,” while warning that “details are private for the moment.”

Milenio says the raid comes after a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration in December to compel Fulton County to turn over the 2020 voting records, and it states that Trump “focused particularly on this area.”

The article also recounts Trump’s call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, saying Trump called him “to find 11,780 votes that would allow him to overturn the Democrat's victory.”

Milenio further states that in November 2025, “the Georgia prosecutor dropped the charges against Trump,” and it describes DOJ escalation in December by suing four other states—Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Nevada—bringing “the total to 18 legal complaints against state governments.”