FBI Director | Trump nominates loyalist Kash Patel to serve.
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his nomination of Kash Patel as his next FBI director.
Kash Patel is a staunch critic of the bureau who has called for the agency’s Washington headquarters to be closed, its
leaders to be fired.
About Kash Patel.
“Kash” Patel was born in 1980 in Garden City, New York.
Patel’s parents were Indians who immigrated to the United States from East Africa via Canada and obtained the same citizenship.
Patel graduated from Garden City High School on Long Island. Patel graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002 with a degree in criminal justice and history.
He received a Certificate in International Law from University College London in 2004, and a Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law in 2005.
Patel played a key role in helping Republicans investigate Trump and Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
in November 2024, President Donald Trump has chosen Patel as his candidate for the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Dick Durbin, a senior U.S. Democratic senator.
Dick Durbin, a senior U.S. Democratic senator said in a statement:
“The Senate should reject this unprecedented effort to weaponize the FBI for the campaign of retribution that Donald Trump has promised.”
former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
A few days ago, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said, if President-elect Trump nominates Kash Patel to lead the agency, the bureau will be in danger.
McCabe told CNN’s Caitlan Collins that “part of the FBI’s mission is to lead the FBI with Kash Patel.
is not secure in any position, and certainly not in the job of Deputy Director.
Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.
Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz called Patel “a very strong candidate.”
Cruz told CBS’ Face the Nation that Patel was a true reformer who joined the FBI to clean up the corrupt parties running the agency.
