FBI chief Patel says 2020 election fraud arrests 'coming soon'

[BumRushDaShow]

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/

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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".

[pfitz59]

1. Deflect and distract

won't cover up the stench he's spreading throughout the bureau.

[Attilatheblond]

25. Deflect, distract, and kiss Trump's lyin ass re 2020

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

[travelingthrulife]

34. But where are the FBI heroes to stop this nonsense. Didn't they take an oath to

protect this nation and it's constitution? Spill it folks.

[Blue Owl]

2. What's that Kashyap? Can't understand you, you're slurring....

[moose65]

6. It just makes me laugh....

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

[Polybius]

11. And there's also a "PayPal" in government

[calimary]

20. No, that's actually him talking.

Kash just keeps on yapping.

[Historic NY]

27. They need to start hammering him early in the morning when the pin head is on impulse power...

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.

[travelingthrulife]

35. They broke his door down with a battering ram to perform a safety check on him.

Surely it was filmed. Release it FBI Patriots!

[ChicagoTeamster]

3. What about election 2024 and Jan 6th arrests and re-arrests?

[Sneederbunk]

4. MAGA will drink to that.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Would you say it's within ... oh, I don't know ... two weeks ? nt

[travelingthrulife]

36. Soon as he scratches the antifa memes on some more bullet casings...

[lostincalifornia]

7. Patel, and the other thugs belong in prison, and need to have the key thrown away. They are ethically compromised

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.

[Turbineguy]

8. Make it as expensive as possible for your enemy

The United States of America is their enemy.

[Klarkashton]

9. He knows that this will be forgotten in a couple of weeks

In the meantime the heat is off.

[EarthFirst]

10. J. Edgar Boozer is making moves in an attempt to save his career...

Pathetic.

[Talitha]

17. "J. Edgar Boozer"

[dickthegrouch]

12. Epstein has been languishing longer

Let's have those arrests first!!

[Ol Janx Spirit]

13. "A thing or two" probably literally means two people that voted at the wrong polling location or something.

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]

14. More waste of taxpayer money

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.

[travelingthrulife]

37. Someone needs to make a simple graphic tallying all his court cases and losses.

Then Democratic candidates need to share it everywhere. Maybe get through to MAGA how much he is costing us.

[Martin68]

15. As soon as he sleeps off his hangover and pops few pills.

[moose65]

16. Doesn't this break protocol?

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

[Talitha]

18. Protocol? We don't need no stinking protocol!!!

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

[fujiyamasan]

19. This may buy him a little time with Trump

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]

21. "arrests 'coming soon' "

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

[Attilatheblond]

31. And a DA with enough blackmail-able history to take crap to trial

[lonely bird]

22. "You might see a thing or two"

Or you might not.

[Smackdown2019]

23. He may of meant the 2016 election, he was drunk

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

[Javaman]

24. aka drunken rage.nt

[Historic NY]

26. Lets see Epstein arrests.

[Zambero]

28. Yes, much as O.J. Simpson tracked down those "real killers"

Stay tuned for Case #63, coming right up!

[Ocelot II]

29. The statute of limitations for almost all federal crimes is five years.

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]

30. these cretins need to be institutionalized

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.

[Roy Rolling]

32. Your comment comment 🤪

The “61 of 62 cases lost” boxed comment was great. Thanks.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. As a side note

I think that one "lost" case from back then had to do with mail ballots and "signatures/dates on the outer envelope". And it is STILL being litigated here in the PA state courts while the whole subject of mail ballots arriving after the election day (different from the PA case) is currently at the SCOTUS.