New details are emerging about a cache of records tied to investigations involving President Donald Trump after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that Justice Department personnel discovered a room containing a large volume of documents connected to former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s work.
According to Fox News, Blanche discussed the discovery during an appearance on the “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” podcast, where he described how officials came across the materials months ago.
Blanche said the room was not intentionally hidden, but many within the department were unaware it existed.
“We found a room like that at DOJ, a few months ago,” Blanche said. “It’s not fair to say it was a secret room, but it’s a room that had a lot of material in it.”
The acting attorney general said the documents were found inside burn bags, which are commonly used by government agencies to dispose of sensitive records in a secure manner.
Blanche emphasized that the use of burn bags itself was not unusual. What caught his attention, however, was the location where the materials were found.
He suggested the placement of the bags may have been intentional and possibly done by someone seeking to preserve the records rather than destroy them.
“It’s not the existence of a burn bag that I think is interesting or problematic depending on which side you’re on,” Blanche said.
“This one was in a place where I get the point that an honorable FBI agent might have left it there because it was not where it would normally be to be destroyed,” he continued.
“[We] kind of stumbled on it, but it looked almost intentional.”
Blanche’s comments come after FBI Director Kash Patel and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino previously discussed the discovery of other records tied to the investigation known as “Crossfire Hurricane.”
Earlier this year, Bongino told Sean Hannity that investigators had uncovered what he described as a “mother lode” of documents related to the Russia investigation.
“That was basically the keys to the kingdom on Crossfire,” Bongino said.
He claimed the material was considered so sensitive that it could not be removed from the office where it was being reviewed.
“I’m reading this document, and I’m like, ‘I can’t believe this happened in the United States,’” Bongino said.
“It wasn’t just that it happened in the United States, it was that so many people knew about it,” he added. “All you had to do was read it. This thing was bulls— from the start.”
Bongino said the roughly 100-page document changed his understanding of the investigation and left him troubled by how many individuals were aware of the events described in it.
“Crossfire Hurricane” was the FBI investigation examining potential ties between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
The renewed attention surrounding those records follows allegations made in July 2025 by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who claimed officials in the administration of Barack Obama promoted a narrative about Russian election interference despite allegedly knowing key information was inaccurate.
The discoveries described by Blanche and Bongino have added fresh attention to past investigations as federal officials continue reviewing previously uncovered records.
