DOJ Found Jack Smith Files in Burn Bags, Blanche Says, Including Material in a Hidden Room
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 2
DOJ Found Jack Smith Files in Burn Bags, Blanche Says, Including Material in a Hidden Room
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 2
A room holding documents from Jack Smith’s Trump investigation was discovered at the Justice Department a few months ago, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said, with some material stored in burn bags.
Blanche said the room was not officially secret but was unknown to personnel, and the placement of the bags suggested to him an agent may have intentionally preserved records rather than destroy them.
Burn bags are routinely used for sensitive documents, but Blanche said these were left in an unusual location and were found only after officials “kind of stumbled on” the room.
The disclosure adds to earlier claims by FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino that investigators found a roughly 100-page “mother lode” tied to the Crossfire Hurricane Russia probe that he said was meant to be destroyed.
The finds feed broader Trump-era document disputes, after DNI Tulsi Gabbard in 2025 accused Obama officials of advancing a Russia-election narrative they knew was false.