The FBI is beginning an investigation into a claim made against former FBI director James Comey, after a whistleblower accused him of using female ‘honeypot’ agents to infiltrate the Trump campaign.
An agency whistleblower revealed details of the scheme, accusing Comey of launching an off-the-books investigation into Trump’s campaign in 2015, according to Washington Times reporter Kerry Picket.
Details of the operation was revealed in a protected disclosure to the House Judiciary Committee in 2024, according to the Times.
Two female FBI undercover agents were drafted to infiltrate Trump’s 2016 campaign as ‘honeypots’ the report noted.
The term ‘Honeypots’ refers to undercover agents feigning romantic interest with individuals within an organization to gain access from a specific target.
The whistleblower said in the disclosure that Comey ‘personally knew’ and ‘personally directed’ the operation even though it was off the books.
Comey was assisted by then-Deputy Director Dave Bowdich and Paul Abbate, according to the disclosure.
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The undercover agents allegedly targeted campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who was the focus of Comey’s early efforts to scrutinize the Trump operation.
The FBI declined to comment when contacted by DailyMail.com about the story.
The news suggests that Patel will pursue investigations of past officials who targeted Trump within the FBI, even though he indicated he had no interest in doing so during his Senate confirmation hearings.
‘I have no interest, no desire and will not, if confirmed, go backwards,’ Patel said during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. ‘There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be no retributive actions taken.’
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Trump famously fired Comey in May 2017 deriding the FBI director as ‘a showboat’ and ‘a grandstander’ after he briefed the president about unverified salacious allegations in the infamous Steele dossier.
The former FBI director was still on Trump’s mind during the 2024 campaign, even though he would not seek to investigate him.
‘He was a bad guy, not a capable guy, evil, an evil guy,’ Trump said during a Fox News interview in June, when asked whether he would pursue revenge if elected president. ‘Bad guy. I fired him.’
‘My revenge will be success. I mean that,’ Trump continued. ‘But it’s awfully hard when you see what they’ve done. These people are so evil.’
