{"id":132198,"date":"2024-12-01T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T11:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132198"},"modified":"2024-12-01T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T11:04:46","slug":"trump-picks-loyalist-kash-patel-to-serve-as-fbi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132198","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kash-patel-kh-trump-qanon-fight-with-kash-fc624ab286c19a498d85a66e6e7198fb\">Kash Patel<\/a><\/span> to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America\u2019s premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived \u201cconspirators.\u201d It\u2019s the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment and a test for how far Senate Republicans will go in confirming his nominees.<\/p>\n<p>The selection is in keeping with Trump\u2019s view that the government\u2019s law enforcement and intelligence agencies require a radical transformation and his stated desire for retribution against supposed adversaries. It shows how Trump, still fuming over <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-federal-court-classified-documents-2020-election-302f87960dbd84d7be5daedaf03328d8\">years of federal investigations<\/a><\/span> that shadowed his first administration and later led to his indictment, is moving to place atop the FBI and Justice Department close allies he believes will protect rather than scrutinize him.<\/p>\n<p>Patel \u201cplayed a pivotal role in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, standing as an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution,\u201d Trump wrote Saturday night in a social media post. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement means current FBI director Christopher Wray must either resign or be fired after Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Wray had previously been named by Trump and began the 10-year term \u2014 a length meant to insulate the agency from the political influence of changing administrations \u2014 in 2017, after Trump fired his predecessor, James Comey.<\/p>\n<p>The decision sets up what\u2019s likely to be an explosive confirmation battle in the Senate not long after Trump\u2019s first pick to lead the Justice Department, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/matt-gaetz-attorney-general-trump-congress-9718a3de53c1e3436a52a14a8e17775a\">Matt Gaetz, withdrew his nomination<\/a><\/span> amid intense scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations. Patel is a lesser-known figure, but his nomination was still expected to cause shockwaves. He\u2019s embraced Trump\u2019s rhetoric about a \u201cdeep state,\u201d called for a \u201ccomprehensive housecleaning\u201d of government workers who are disloyal to Trump and has referred to journalists as traitors, promising to try to prosecute some reporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about Trump's second term: Staffing the administration: Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far. Plus, a look at recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet.Follow all of our coverage as Donald Trump assembles his second administration.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about Trump\u2019s second term:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Follow all of our coverage as <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\"><i>Donald Trump<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> assembles his second administration.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s nominees will have allies in what will be a Republican-controlled Senate next year, but his picks are not certain of confirmation. With a slim majority, Republicans can only lose a few defectors in the face of expected unified Democratic opposition \u2014 though as vice president, JD Vance would be able to break any tie votes.<\/p>\n<p>But the president-elect had also raised the prospect of pushing his selections through without Senate approval using a congressional loophole that allows him to make appointments when the Senate is not in session. <\/p>\n<p>Wray <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fbi-trump-wray-justice-department-russia-8f66464f5ecc84c9a25323afbc9957e4\">fell out of favor with the president and his allies<\/a><\/span>. His removal isn\u2019t unexpected given Trump\u2019s long-running public criticism of him and the FBI, particularly in the aftermath of federal investigations \u2014 and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-9e8d683afe87389407950af7ccfdbdd6\">an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents two years ago<\/a><\/span> \u2014 that resulted in indictments that have evaporated.<\/p>\n<p>In his final months in office, Trump unsuccessfully pushed the idea of installing Patel as the deputy director at either the FBI or CIA in an effort to strengthen the president\u2019s control of the intelligence community. William Barr, Trump\u2019s attorney general, wrote in his memoir that he told then-chief of staff Mark Meadows that an appointment to Patel as deputy FBI director would happen \u201cover my dead body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatel had virtually no experience that would qualify him to serve at the highest level of the world\u2019s preeminent law enforcement agency,\u201d Barr wrote.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kash-patel-kh-trump-qanon-fight-with-kash-fc624ab286c19a498d85a66e6e7198fb\">Patel\u2019s past proposals, if carried out,<\/a><\/span> would lead to convulsive change for an agency tasked not only with investigating violations of federal law but also protecting the country from terrorist attacks, foreign espionage and other threats. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s called for dramatically reducing the agency\u2019s footprint, a perspective that sets him apart from earlier directors who have sought additional resources for the bureau, and has suggested closing down the bureau\u2019s headquarters in Washington and \u201creopen it the next day as a museum of the deep state\u201d \u2014 Trump\u2019s pejorative catch-all for the federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>And though the Justice Department in 2021 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-business-government-and-politics-67ac2f4f96b2dfd7f47446662e59ec6e\">halted the practice of secretly seizing reporters\u2019 phone records<\/a><\/span> during leak investigations, Patel has said he intends to aggressively hunt down government officials who leak information to reporters and change the law to make it easier to sue journalists. <\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Steve Bannon last December, Patel said he and others <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-2024-second-term-prosecute-media-b892fd6f3ce721016eb1176e82aa51c3\">\u201cwill go out<\/a><\/span> and find the conspirators not just in government but in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections,\u201d Patel said, referring to the 2020 presidential election in which Biden, the Democratic challenger, defeated Trump. \u201cWe\u2019re going to come after you, whether it\u2019s criminally or civilly. We\u2019ll figure that out. But yeah, we\u2019re putting you all on notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also announced Saturday that he would nominate Sheriff Chad Chronister, the top law enforcement officer in Hillsborough County, Florida, to serve as the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency. He has worked closely with <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaetz-trump-fbi-justice-department-248b46ba0c882dd46d661568e8bd3bd7\">Trump\u2019s choice for attorney general<\/a><\/span>, Pam Bondi. <\/p>\n<p>Patel, the child of Indian immigrants and a former public defender, spent several years as a Justice Department prosecutor before catching the Trump administration\u2019s attention as a staffer for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The panel\u2019s then-chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., was a strong Trump ally who tasked Patel with running the committee\u2019s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. Patel ultimately helped author what became known as the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-government-general-news-3ef4c0fd3a2c4b639e75a2e8d8b60494\">\u201cNunes Memo,\u201d<\/a><\/span> a four-page report that detailed how it said the Justice Department had erred in obtaining a warrant to surveil a former Trump campaign volunteer. The memo\u2019s release faced vehement opposition from Wray and the Justice Department, who warned that it would be reckless to disclose sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent inspector general report <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/fbi-was-justified-in-probing-trump-russia-fed-watchdog-says-a734c40d142c8950f57ad4c8f8af565c\">identified significant problems<\/a><\/span> with FBI surveillance during the Russia investigation, but also found no evidence that the FBI had acted with partisan motives in conducting the probe and said there had been a legitimate basis to open the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The Russia investigation fueled Patel\u2019s suspicions of the FBI, the intelligence community and also the media, which he has called \u201cthe most powerful enemy the United States has ever seen.\u201d <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fbi-surveillance-terrorism-congress-white-house-003e477ed7cc220b021084bd2210d472\">Seizing on compliance errors<\/a><\/span> in the FBI\u2019s use of a spy program that officials say is vital for national security, Patel has accused the FBI of having \u201cweaponized\u201d its surveillance powers against innocent Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Patel parlayed that work into influential administration roles on the National Security Council and later as chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller. <\/p>\n<p>He continued as a loyal Trump lieutenant even after he left office, accompanying the president-elect into court <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0\">during his criminal trial in New York<\/a><\/span> and asserting to reporters that Trump was the victim of a \u201cconstitutional circus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And he found himself entangled in Trump\u2019s legal woes, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-8a51290da3e8f59c83edbfc2898f547d\">appearing two years ago before a federal grand jury<\/a><\/span> that investigated Trump\u2019s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Typically though not always, presidents retain the director they\u2019ve inherited: Biden, for instance, kept Wray in place even though the director was named by Trump, and former President Barack Obama asked Robert Mueller to stay on an extra two years even though Mueller was tapped by Obama\u2019s predecessor, George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had openly flirted with firing Wray during his first term, taking issue with Wray\u2019s emphasis on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-james-comey-politics-bdd3b6078e9efadcfcd0be4b65f2362e\">the election interference threat<\/a><\/span> from Russia at a time when Trump was focusing on China. Wray also described antifa, an umbrella term for leftist militants, as an ideology rather than an organization, contradicting Trump, who wants to designate it as a terror group.<\/p>\n<p>The low-key FBI director had been determined to bring stability to an institution riven by turbulence following the May 2017 firing of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-government-4ff1ecb621884a728b25e62661257ef0\">Comey<\/a><\/span> by Trump amid an FBI investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Wray sought to turn the page on some of the controversies of Comey\u2019s tenure. The FBI, for instance, fired a lead agent from the Russia investigation who sent derogatory text messages about Trump during the course of the inquiry and sidelined a deputy director under Comey who was a key figure in the probe. Wray also announced dozens of corrective actions meant to prevent some of the surveillance abuses that tainted the Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has aggressively investigated <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fbi-trump-assassination-attempt-919bc3a7bba02f6e340fed321b20dfdd\">multiple assassination attempts<\/a><\/span> against Trump this year and disrupted <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-fbi-justice-department-iran-83cff84a7d65901a058ad6f41a564bdb\">an Iranian murder-for-hire plot targeting the president-elect<\/a><\/span> that resulted in recently unsealed criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>But none of that was enough to spare Wray from Trump\u2019s ire.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in New York and Fatima Hussein in West Palm Beach, Florida, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-fbi-patel-wray-879dc7629905946cc242e90f6ab98739\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America\u2019s premier law enforcement agency and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132198\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}