President Trump announced on November 30th that he’s going to name it Kash Patel plays the FBI director.
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If current FBI Director Chris Wray is replaced before his term ends in 2027, he will either have to resign from his position or be fired by President Trump.
A source previously told CBS News that the Trump campaign was aware of the complications involved in ousting Wray.
Patel provided During President Trump’s first term, he held intelligence and defense roles, from chief of staff to secretary of defense.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, President Trump said Patel was “a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and “American ally who has spent his career exposing corruption, upholding justice, and protecting the American people. “The number one fighter,” he praised.
Patel, 44 years old provided During President Trump’s first term, he held intelligence and national defense roles, from chief of staff to secretary of defense. He was also appointed by President Trump to represent the National Archives and Records Administration and testified before a federal grand jury. Mar-a-Lago confidential document incident.
He is a lawyer and staunch Trump supporter who rose to prominence as an aide to former Republican congressman Devin Nunes of California, making a name for himself in his battles with the Republican Party. investigation implicated in Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The University College London graduate served on President Trump’s National Security Council, then as senior adviser to Acting Director of National Intelligence Rick Grenell and then as Chief of Staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller.
Patel published a book in 2023 titled “Government Gangsters,” which received praise from President Trump, in which he wrote, “The FBI is deeply compromised and unless drastic measures are taken… It will continue to be a threat to the people.”
“This is a roadmap to ending deep state domination,” President Trump told Truth Social about the book in September 2023.
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