Dear Kash Patel, in between media appearances, could you release these 20 documents?

Top 20 Documents Americans Deserve to See Now

The promise of transparency echoes hollow when the vault doors remain locked. With Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino now positioned at the helm of our nation's FBI, Americans stand at a critical juncture between rhetoric and revelation.

For years, we've heard passionate declarations about government overreach, weaponization of agencies, and political targeting—delivered through prime-time interviews, podcasts, and bestselling books. Yet the most powerful testament to these claims lies not in media appearances but in the classified documents that remain shielded from public scrutiny.

The time for performative outrage has passed. The American people demand primary source evidence that can speak for itself.

FISA and Russia Investigation Documents

1. The complete unredacted 2016 FISA application that was rejected for being "too broad" in targeting four Trump campaign members, along with all four subsequent Carter Page FISA applications. These documents would reveal the full extent to which the Steele dossier was used despite known reliability issues, and all 17 omissions and inaccuracies identified in the Horowitz report.

2. The full unredacted Durham report on the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, including all supporting evidence showing why Durham concluded the FBI had no proper basis to launch the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

3. Complete FBI documentation regarding the use of the Steele dossier in FISA applications, including the FBI's knowledge that Steele's Primary Sub-source was previously investigated as a potential Russian agent, which was withheld from the FISA Court during renewal applications.

4. The unredacted codenames for FBI investigations into Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report (volume 5) on Russian interference, which were notably redacted when other individuals' codenames were not.

Confidential Human Sources and Ukraine Documents

5. Complete records of all FBI confidential human source (CHS) operations involving Trump campaign personnel, particularly Stefan Halper's meetings with Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, and Sam Clovis, including any recordings, transcripts, and payment information.

6. The complete transcripts of all interviews between George Papadopoulos and FBI confidential human sources, particularly those containing exculpatory information that was omitted from FISA applications.

7. Complete documentation regarding the withheld Ukraine military aid in mid-2019, including all communications between the Department of Defense, Office of Management and Budget, White House, and State Department about the decision-making process and timing of the aid freeze.

   

8. The full documentation of Vice President Biden's communications with Ukrainian officials regarding Ukraine's Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, Burisma Holdings, and anti-corruption efforts, including complete records of the December 2015 call between Mykola Zlochevsky, Hunter Biden, and "D.C." following mounting pressure on Burisma.

January 6th and Pipe Bomber Investigation Documents

9. The complete, unredacted FBI report regarding the 26 confidential human sources who were present in Washington DC on January 6, 2021, particularly detailed information about the four who entered the Capitol building and the 13 who entered restricted areas, including what information they provided to the FBI before and after the events.

   

10. The full transcripts and recordings of all interviews conducted with confidential sources who were present at the Capitol on January 6, including all communications between these sources and their FBI handlers before, during, and after the riots.

11. Complete FBI documentation regarding the pipe bomber investigation, including the complete raw cellular data collected through geofence warrants that a former senior FBI official testified was "corrupted," along with records of the FBI's follow-up with cell carriers regarding this data.

12. The complete files on the "five persons of interest or 'potential targets'" identified by the FBI whose cellular data indicated their movements on January 5, 2021, matched the movements of the pipe bomb suspect, as referenced in the House Administration Committee's January 2025 report.

13. Full unredacted records regarding the failure of the U.S. Secret Service to identify one of the pipe bombs during security sweeps at the DNC, which resulted in then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's motorcade passing within feet of one of the devices, including all internal reviews and accountability measures taken.

IC IG Atkinson and Whistleblower Documents

14. The complete transcripts of IC IG Michael Atkinson's closed-door testimony to the House Intelligence Committee regarding the Ukraine whistleblower complaint from both his September 2019 and October 4, 2019, appearances, which reportedly contains crucial information about the handling of the complaint.

15. The full documentation regarding the whistleblower's contact with Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff's staff before filing the complaint, including all communications during the 18-day window between the July 25 Ukraine call and the August 12 complaint filing, and records of the whistleblower's political affiliation.

16. All documentation of IG Atkinson's changes to the whistleblower complaint form that removed the requirement for first-hand knowledge, which reportedly occurred just before the Ukraine whistleblower filed their complaint.

Additional Key Documents

17. The complete, unredacted Mueller Report, particularly sections pertaining to obstruction of justice investigations and the legal reasoning behind Mueller's decision not to make a traditional prosecutorial determination.

18. The unredacted FBI memo used to brief the Senate Intelligence Committee in February 2018 about the Steele dossier primary sub-source, which contained misleading statements made after the FBI had already learned the dossier was unreliable.

19. The full, declassified Horowitz report footnotes revealing the FBI's knowledge of Russian contacts with Steele and the potential for Russian disinformation influencing the Steele dossier, including specific warnings that became "more pronounced over time."

20. The complete memo from Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to Special Counsel Robert Mueller regarding "The Scope of Investigation and Definition of Authority," which would clarify the exact parameters Mueller was authorized to investigate.

Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino now stand at a historic crossroads where their legacy will be defined not by their media presence but by their willingness to unlock these files for public examination.

The weaponization of government agencies against political opponents strikes at the very foundation of our constitutional republic, and half-measures of transparency will not suffice to restore public trust.

The administration that promised to drain the swamp now has the keys to the floodgates. Will they release the documents that expose how deep the corruption runs, or will they join the long line of officials who discovered that power is more comfortable than accountability?

The American people are watching, and history is taking notes. True transparency isn't measured in primetime appearances—it's measured in declassified documents.