Burn Bags Stuffed with Seth Rich Murder Documents Found in Hidden FBI Room: ‘Designated for Destruction’
by Frank Bergman
An attorney investigating the mysterious murder of Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich has revealed an explosive new development in the case.
Prominent attorney Ty Clevenger said hundreds of pages of records related to Rich were discovered in a previously hidden room at FBI headquarters.
Even more alarming, Clevenger said the documents were found inside a SCIF, or Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, among files marked for destruction.
Rich was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., in 2016 as he walked home.
Authorities have long described the killing as a “botched robbery.”
However, questions surrounding the case have persisted for years.
“SETH RICH UPDATE: Today an attorney for the government told me that I would soon be getting confirmation that several hundred pages of documents related to Seth Rich were found in a previously-hidden room at FBI headquarters,” Clevenger wrote on X.
“You may recall that on July 30, 2025, Fox News Digital reported that newly-installed FBI Director Kash Patel and his leadership team had located an unmapped / sealed area within the J. Edgar Hoover Building’s SCIF,” he added.
Files Reportedly Found Among ‘Burn Bags’
The reported discovery raises serious questions about what the FBI knew and why records related to Rich were allegedly stored in a secret facility.
Clevenger said the files were among other documents in “burn bags” that were marked as “designated for destruction.”
Those bags were reportedly linked to thousands of pages of classified files connected to the 2016 “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation.