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BumRushDaShow

(170,874 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:48 PM Tuesday

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 Trump’s 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/



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.


THE poster child "definition of insanity".
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FBI chief Patel says 2020 election fraud arrests 'coming soon' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
Deflect and distract pfitz59 Tuesday #1
Deflect, distract, and kiss Trump's lyin ass re 2020 Attilatheblond 18 hrs ago #25
What's that Kashyap? Can't understand you, you're slurring.... Blue Owl Tuesday #2
It just makes me laugh.... moose65 Tuesday #6
And there's also a "PayPal" in government Polybius Tuesday #11
No, that's actually him talking. calimary Yesterday #20
They need to start hammering him early in the morning when the pin head is on impulse power... Historic NY 18 hrs ago #27
What about election 2024 and Jan 6th arrests and re-arrests? ChicagoTeamster Tuesday #3
MAGA will drink to that. Sneederbunk Tuesday #4
Would you say it's within ... oh, I don't know ... two weeks ? nt eppur_se_muova Tuesday #5
Patel, and the other thugs belong in prison, and need to have the key thrown away. They are ethically compromised lostincalifornia Tuesday #7
Make it as expensive as possible for your enemy Turbineguy Tuesday #8
He knows that this will be forgotten in a couple of weeks Klarkashton Tuesday #9
J. Edgar Boozer is making moves in an attempt to save his career... EarthFirst Tuesday #10
"J. Edgar Boozer" Talitha Tuesday #17
Epstein has been languishing longer dickthegrouch Tuesday #12
"A thing or two" probably literally means two people that voted at the wrong polling location or something. Ol Janx Spirit Tuesday #13
More waste of taxpayer money Bayard Tuesday #14
As soon as he sleeps off his hangover and pops few pills. Martin68 Tuesday #15
Doesn't this break protocol? moose65 Tuesday #16
Protocol? We don't need no stinking protocol!!! Talitha Tuesday #18
This may buy him a little time with Trump fujiyamasan Yesterday #19
"arrests 'coming soon' " LudwigPastorius Yesterday #21
And a DA with enough blackmail-able history to take crap to trial Attilatheblond 17 hrs ago #31
"You might see a thing or two" lonely bird 22 hrs ago #22
He may of meant the 2016 election, he was drunk Smackdown2019 21 hrs ago #23
aka drunken rage.nt Javaman 21 hrs ago #24
Lets see Epstein arrests. Historic NY 18 hrs ago #26
Yes, much as O.J. Simpson tracked down those "real killers" Zambero 18 hrs ago #28
The statute of limitations for almost all federal crimes is five years. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #29
these cretins need to be institutionalized UpInArms 18 hrs ago #30
Your comment comment 🤪 Roy Rolling 4 hrs ago #32

Attilatheblond

(9,071 posts)
25. Deflect, distract, and kiss Trump's lyin ass re 2020
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:05 AM
18 hrs ago

Does Petty Kash really think that will help him hold onto his job & all those cool perks he is abusing?

moose65

(3,458 posts)
6. It just makes me laugh....
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:03 PM
Tuesday

When I see that his name is literally “Cash App” 😝😝

Historic NY

(40,092 posts)
27. They need to start hammering him early in the morning when the pin head is on impulse power...
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:12 AM
18 hrs ago

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.

lostincalifornia

(5,436 posts)
7. Patel, and the other thugs belong in prison, and need to have the key thrown away. They are ethically compromised
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:05 PM
Tuesday

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.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,038 posts)
13. "A thing or two" probably literally means two people that voted at the wrong polling location or something.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:26 PM
Tuesday

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)
14. More waste of taxpayer money
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:29 PM
Tuesday

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.

moose65

(3,458 posts)
16. Doesn't this break protocol?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:13 PM
Tuesday

No law enforcement agency announces arrests in advance. They just, you know, do the arresting.

Talitha

(8,090 posts)
18. Protocol? We don't need no stinking protocol!!!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:56 PM
Tuesday


Yeah, you're absolutely right.
But consider who we're dealing with here.
The guy's nutty as squirrel shit.

fujiyamasan

(1,904 posts)
19. This may buy him a little time with Trump
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:13 AM
Yesterday

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 he’ll survive a little longer than some of the others.

LudwigPastorius

(14,855 posts)
21. "arrests 'coming soon' "
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:53 AM
Yesterday

Translation: I'm still shopping for a federal judge that will issue arrest warrants based on some made up bullshit.

Smackdown2019

(1,363 posts)
23. He may of meant the 2016 election, he was drunk
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 07:36 AM
21 hrs ago

He may of meant 2016 instead 2020... hitting the liquor too hard.

Zambero

(10,015 posts)
28. Yes, much as O.J. Simpson tracked down those "real killers"
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:17 AM
18 hrs ago

Stay tuned for Case #63, coming right up!

Ocelot II

(130,872 posts)
29. The statute of limitations for almost all federal crimes is five years.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:20 AM
18 hrs ago

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)
30. these cretins need to be institutionalized
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:33 AM
18 hrs ago

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.

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