Federal officials, according to FBI Director Kash Patel, are alleged to have misled a secret surveillance court to secure warrants used for surveillance connected to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Both sources report that Patel accuses the FBI of lying to the court in the warrant-application process. The claim is that the warrants were obtained through false or misleading information and that they enabled surveillance actions described by Patel as illegal. The accounts differ in detail and framing but align on the central allegation: Patel says the FBI provided inaccurate statements to the court to obtain authorization that was then used to spy on Trump during the 2016 campaign. One source also states the surveillance extended into Trump’s first term in office. Neither outlet provides independent verification or additional documentary evidence within the provided text, nor do they describe any court findings in the excerpts. The statements are presented as Patel’s accusations against past federal actions involving surveillance warrant requests related to Trump.