{"id":132458,"date":"2024-12-02T11:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T04:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132458"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T04:22:45","slug":"what-happens-next-after-trump-chooses-fbi-critic-kash-patel-to-remake-the-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132458","title":{"rendered":"What happens next after Trump chooses FBI critic Kash Patel to remake the agency"},"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>President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s stunning announcement that he will nominate\u00a0Kash Patel as FBI director\u00a0sets the stage for a fresh round of turbulence at a law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the homeland and investigating federal crimes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/trump-taps-deep-state-conspiracy-theorist-kash-patel-to-lead-the-fbi\"><strong>WATCH:<\/strong> Trump taps \u2018deep state\u2019 conspiracy theorist Kash Patel to lead the FBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patel,\u00a0a steadfast Trump ally\u00a0with plans to shake up the bureau, is a study in contrasts from the current tight-lipped director,\u00a0Christopher Wray,\u00a0who preaches a \u201ckeep calm and tackle hard\u201d mantra.<\/p>\n<p>In selecting Patel late Saturday over more conventional contenders, the incoming Republican president is again testing his ability to get the Senate to bend to his will by confirming some of his more provocative nominees.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">What happens to the current FBI director?<\/h3>\n<p>Wray was appointed director by Trump in 2017 and technically has three years left on his 10-year tenure.<\/p>\n<p>That length of time is meant to ensure that directors of the nation\u2019s most prominent federal law enforcement agency can operate free from political influence or pressure. Presidents have typically but not always retained the director who was in place at the time they took office, as Democratic President Joe Biden has done with Wray.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s also the case that all FBI directors serve at the pleasure of the president; indeed, Wray was nominated after\u00a0Trump fired James Comey, the FBI chief he inherited\u00a0in his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Sunday that the Biden administration \u201cadhered to the long-standing norm that FBI directors serve out their full terms because the FBI director is a unique player in the American government system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting that Trump had named Wray to the job, Sullivan told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d that \u201cJoe Biden didn\u2019t fire him. He relied upon him to execute his responsibilities as the director of the FBI and allowed him to serve out the fullness of his term. \u2026 So that\u2019s how we approached things and we would like to ensure that the FBI remains an independent institution insulated from politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s announcement means that Wray can either resign from the job, consistent with Trump\u2019s apparent wishes, or wait to be fired once Trump takes office in January. Either way, the selection of a successor is a clear indication that Wray\u2019s days are numbered. Should Wray leave before Patel can be confirmed, the position of acting director would presumably be filled in the interim by the FBI\u2019s current deputy director.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau, in a statement Saturday night, said, \u201cEvery day, the men and women of the FBI continue to work to protect Americans from a growing array of threats. Director Wray\u2019s focus remains on the men and women of the FBI, the people we do the work with, and the people we do the work for.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Can Patel be confirmed by the Senate?<\/h3>\n<p>Republicans may have won control of the Senate, but his confirmation is not assured.<\/p>\n<p>There are no doubt lawmakers who support Trump\u2019s desire for a radically overhauled FBI, particularly following federal investigations that resulted in two separate indictments against the president-elect, and who share his sentiment that federal law enforcement has been \u201cweaponized\u201d against conservatives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/trump-test-limits-of-republican-led-congress-with-controversial-cabinet-picks\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Trump test limits of Republican-led Congress with controversial Cabinet pick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Patel is likely to face deep skepticism during his confirmation hearings over his stated plans to rid the government of \u201cconspirators\u201d against Trump, and his claims that he would shut down the FBI\u2019s Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters in the nation\u2019s capital and send the thousands of employees who work there to \u201cchase down criminals\u201d across the country.<\/p>\n<p>And while Trump may have wanted a loyalist willing to pursue retribution against his perceived adversaries, that perspective is likely to give pause to senators who believe that the FBI and Justice Department should operate free of political influence and not be tasked with carrying out a president\u2019s personal agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Foreshadowing the potentially bruising confirmation fight ahead, Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, wrote on social media late Saturday: \u201cKash Patel will be another test of the Senate\u2019s power of advice and consent. Patel needs to prove to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he has the right qualifications and, despite his past statements, will put our nation\u2019s public safety over a political agenda focused on retribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also raised the prospect of\u00a0using recess appointments\u00a0to push his nominees through the Senate.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">If Patel is confirmed, can he actually do what he\u2019s said he\u2019ll do?<\/h3>\n<p>Patel has made a series of brash claims about his plans for the federal government, but most of those proposals would require backing and buy-in from other officials and would almost certainly encounter significant resistance. His claim that he would reduce the FBI\u2019s footprint and authority stands in contrast to the tack traditionally taken by leaders of the bureau, who invariably say they want more resources \u2014 not less.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s talked about trying to rid the government of \u201cconspirators\u201d against Trump and of going \u201cafter the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections,\u201d whether criminally or civilly.<\/p>\n<p>Under the FBI\u2019s own guidelines, criminal investigations can\u2019t be rooted in arbitrary or groundless speculation but instead must have an authorized purpose to detect or interrupt criminal activity. And while the FBI conducts investigations, the responsibility of filing federal charges, or bringing a lawsuit on behalf of the federal government, falls to the Justice Department. Trump last week said he intended to nominate former Florida attorney general\u00a0Pam Bondi\u00a0to serve as attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Patel\u2019s proposed crackdown on leaks of information by government officials to the media is an indication that he wants the Justice Department to undo its current policy prohibiting the secret seizure of reporters\u2019 phone records in leak investigations. That policy was implemented by Attorney General Merrick Garland following an uproar over the revelation that federal prosecutors had obtained subpoenas for journalists\u2019 phone records.<\/p>\n<p>Patel has talked about disentangling the FBI\u2019s intelligence-gathering operations \u2014 now a core function of the bureau\u2019s mandate \u2014 from the rest of its operations. It\u2019s unclear whether he intends to carry through on that pledge or how it would be greeted at a time when the U.S. is facing what officials say is a heightened threat of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>He also says he wants to close down the FBI\u2019s storied Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters and send the employees who work there across the country. It\u2019s not clear if that\u2019s a hyperbolic claim simply reflecting disdain for the \u201cdeep state\u201d or something he\u2019d actually try to implement, but how that would look in practice remains a big question mark.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<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<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:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/what-happens-next-after-trump-chooses-fbi-critic-kash-patel-to-remake-the-agency\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s stunning announcement that he will nominate\u00a0Kash Patel as FBI director\u00a0sets the stage for a fresh round of turbulence at a law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132458\" 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-132458","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\/132458","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=132458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}