“if he DOESN’T have evidence, then he would still make a statement like this, to besmirch people he thought were guilty “
This would be very petty if Kash Patel were to do something like this. Of course, Kash Patel wouldn’t do something like this.
Why do you besmirch Kash Patel?
“This would be very petty if Kash Patel were to do something like this. Of course, Kash Patel wouldn’t do something like this.”
For some people, I would agree with you. Patel has not established a track record of being careful in his public pronouncements. Notably, he made the false claim that the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination had been captured, when in fact the man was still at large. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/11/kash-patel-charlie-kirk-shooting-fbi-00559165
“One likely piece of evidence is Comey’s communications to his attorneys and others.”
His communications to his attorneys would be protected by the attorney-client privilege. Aside from that, Comey is familiar with criminal prosecutions. If he wanted to tell his lawyer anything that might be incriminating, he’d say it over the phone.