{"id":1505319,"date":"2024-12-01T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1505319"},"modified":"2024-12-01T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T06:25:00","slug":"trump-nominates-kash-patel-for-fbi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/trump-nominates-kash-patel-for-fbi-director\/1505319\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Nominates Kash Patel For FBI Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump Nominates Kash Patel For FBI Director<\/span><\/p>\n

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After weeks of speculation, President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he’s picked Kash Patel <\/strong>to replace Christopher Wray as the head of the FBI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Patel has been a longtime critic of the bureau who has called for shutting down the agency’s Washington headquarters<\/strong>, cleaning house when it comes to top leadership, and bringing the nation’s law enforcement agencies “to heel.”<\/p>\n

Kash Patel is no stranger to tackling big roles. He\u2019s worked across defense, intelligence, and counterterrorism\u2014now he might become CIA chief under Trump! What would a CIA led by Patel look like? pic.twitter.com\/rP71IOTCsf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Restricted Daily (@Restricted_on_X) November 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

According to a Saturday post to Truth Social<\/em><\/a>, Trump called Patel a “brilliant lawyer, investigator, and \u201cAmerica First\u201d fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People.”<\/p>\n

“He played a pivotal role in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax<\/strong>, standing as an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution,” Trump continued.<\/p>\n

Patel has been open about what kind of changes he’d pursue if given the chance. His various proposals include reducing the FBI’s footprint in Washington and \u201cdramatically\u201d limiting its authority.<\/strong> He hopes to curb the power of the Justice Department’s Civil Division and jettison a Pentagon office that produces classified assessments of long-term trends and risks, arguing it is just a tool of the \u201cdeep state.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Patel has said he also intends to aggressively hunt down government officials who leak information to reporters<\/strong>, and change the law to make it easier to sue journalists. During an interview with Steve Bannon in December, Patel said he and others \u201cwill go out and find the conspirators not just in government but in the media.\u201d –AP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Patel has served as both a federal prosecutor and a public defender<\/strong>, and filled a number of administrative roles at the tail end of Trump’s first term, including on the National Security Council and in the Pentagon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And in a sign this is a good move – in 2021 when Trump floated Patel for deputy director of the CIA or the FBI, former AG William Barr<\/strong> said that would happen “over my dead body.”<\/p>\n

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said that no part of the FBI would be “safe” with Patel in a leadership position.<\/p>\n

In response, Patel told the Washington Post<\/em><\/a>: “Those calling me a danger, let\u2019s just ask them for a proof, a piece of evidence that actually shows I\u2019ve committed any constitutional violations or any ethical quandaries<\/strong>, and I\u2019d love to hear their response to this.”<\/p>\n

Current FBI Director Christopher Wray will now either have to resign or be fired<\/strong>, assuming Patel makes it through Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n

And as noted above, Patel has vowed to investigate and possibly prosecute regime-puppet journalists<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Yes, we\u2019re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections \u2014 we\u2019re going to come after you<\/strong>,” Patel said last year. “Whether it\u2019s criminally or civilly, we\u2019ll figure that out.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 11\/30\/2024 – 20:25<\/span><\/p>\n

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