BREAKING: The FBI has launched an investigation into former FBI Director James Comey for his “honeypot” operation targeting Trump in 2016, according to the Washington Times.
The announcement comes just days after Kash Patel was sworn in as the new FBI director.
As reported by the Washington Times, the FBI is looking into an off-the-books operation launched in 2015 by Comey.
According to a whistleblower, two undercover female FBI employees infiltrated Trump’s 2016 campaign to act as “honeypots.”
“In the intelligence community, a honeypot commonly refers to an undercover operative, usually a woman, who feigns sexual or romantic interest to obtain information from a target,” the Washington Times reported.
The whistleblower claimed Comey ordered the investigation and “personally directed it” despite not having a specific crime.
The operation was likely a “fishing expedition” to “find” a crime against Trump.
During a recent interview before the election, Comey was visibly concerned about what Trump would do if reelected.
The Bureau, now led by Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, is looking for those once-undercover employees who were previously under Mr. Comey’s direction.
The FBI declined to comment.
According to the whistleblower disclosure, which The Times reviewed, the investigation differed from Crossfire Hurricane, a later FBI counterintelligence operation that looked into never-proved allegations that the campaign was colluding with Russia.
The whistleblower said the early off-the-books probe was a criminal investigation targeting Mr. Trump and his staff.
