Kash Patel has barely been FBI Director long enough to figure out how to control the office thermostat, but he’s already floating bold and bizarre transformations to the bureau. According to a Thursday report from ABC News, Patel wants to partner with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts …
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The FBI will officially be headed by two men with no experience in the bureau, and a lot of blind loyalty towards President Donald Trump. On Sunday, the president announced that former Secret Service agent and right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino has been selected to serve as deputy and second in …
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At the first rally to kick off his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump played a bizarre rendition of the national anthem in which he himself recites the Pledge of Allegiance while a “choir” of January 6 rioters sing the national anthem. It would become a regular feature at his rallies. Some …
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Senate Republicans have confirmed Kash Patel — a MAGA conspiracy theorist sympathetic to QAnon who has signaled a thirst for retribution against Donald Trump’s political enemies —as the new FBI Director. Patel was confirmed in a 51-49 vote Thursday afternoon, with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joining …
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Kash Patel is set to become the latest of President Donald Trump‘s unfit and unqualified loyalists confirmed for a leadership role in Washington, with Senate Republicans ready and willing to install the QAnon promoter and 2020 election denier as the next director of the FBI. Once he becomes head of …
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As part of his second administration, Donald Trump is quickly ramping up to a potential firing spree at the FBI, as vengeance for the multiple federal criminal investigations into him, his associates, and violent supporters. But even before he and his incoming FBI chief get a chance to cull those …
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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, sat down before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to field questions from senators who may be skeptical that the far-right firebrand is qualified to lead the law enforcement agency he has frequently maligned. Among the pool of die-hard MAGA loyalists …
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Kash Patel will sit down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to explain why he should be confirmed to lead an agency he seems to despise. Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation has said he would shut down the agency’s headquarters “on Day …
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The nomination of the Donald Trump hyper loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director is unusual. First, the job is currently occupied, by one Christopher Wray — himself a Trump appointee — who technically has three years left on his 10-year term of service. On Wednesday, however, Wray preemptively …
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Kash Patel, who served briefly as chief of staff to the Secretary of Defense at the end Donald Trump‘s first presidential term and is now Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has made no secret of his unwavering support for the MAGA movement. As leader of the …
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