{"id":137116,"date":"2024-12-15T00:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137116"},"modified":"2024-12-15T00:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:20:56","slug":"ex-fbi-officials-worry-that-kash-patel-as-director-may-wield-unlimited-power-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137116","title":{"rendered":"Ex-FBI officials worry that Kash Patel as director may wield unlimited power | Trump administration"},"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 class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/fbi\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">FBI<\/a> officials have warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s nominee to be the next FBI director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/dec\/07\/who-is-kash-patel-fbi-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kash Patel<\/a>, could have limitless power at the bureau as they confront the likelihood that he will be confirmed next year after locking down support from key Republicans and the current director\u2019s intention to resign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/10\/trump-fbi-kash-patel-justice-department-pam-bondi\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">The alarm<\/a> has come as Patel, who has called for shutting down FBI headquarters and drafted a so-called enemies list of people Trump feels wronged by, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/13\/fbi-kash-patel-senate-support\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">appears set to have<\/a> his nomination supported unanimously by Republicans on the Senate judiciary committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">The problem with Patel leading the FBI in the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/04\/trump-cabinet-picks-administration-guide\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump administration<\/a> is that typical checks on the power of the FBI director would almost certainly be gone, according to former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi and other former officials familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"bcc24f55-62c8-4692-a101-4a2e1fb06b6c\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Kash Patel: how Trump\u2019s FBI pick went from public defender to provocateur&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;bcc24f55-62c8-4692-a101-4a2e1fb06b6c&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/dec\/07\/who-is-kash-patel-fbi-trump&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Patel is almost certain to install his own chief of staff and a new FBI general counsel to sign off on any campaign of retribution, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/21\/who-is-pam-bondi-trump-pick-attorney-general\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, the Trump pick for attorney general, has previously echoed Patel\u2019s aims to make the agency subservient to the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cI don\u2019t think people truly realize how powerful an FBI director can be, unrestrained,\u201d Figliuzzi recently said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/will-the-fbi-survive-trump-with-frank-figliuzzi\/id1767263521?i=1000680080014\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Highly Conflicted podcast<\/a>. \u201cYou want to open a case and call it a threat assessment or a preliminary investigation, you can do it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cIf the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/fbi\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">FBI<\/a> director wants to get a press conference together, not tell the DoJ, and make pronouncements to the public about a case opening or a case closing or someone should be prosecuted, they can do it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cAnd then going through files? I imagine on the first day in office, he\u2019s going to say, \u2018I need every file that has the word Trump in it,\u2019\u201d Figliuzzi said. \u201cThat should be a real concern, that Kash Patel is going through informant files and saying, \u2018Look at that, this guy coughed it up on Trump.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Trump settled on Patel to be the next FBI director \u2013 he soured on the current director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/11\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-resign\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Chris Wray<\/a>, partly for not blocking the criminal investigation into his retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago \u2013 after he demonstrated personal loyalty and espoused the same distrust of the agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Patel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/andrea-mitchell-reports\/watch\/kash-patel-is-obviously-unqualified-and-obviously-inconsistent-with-fbi-s-values-rep-himes-226907717926\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">no experience<\/a> working at the bureau and his national security experience has mainly come through the lens of Trump politics, including when he was a staffer on the House intelligence committee during the first Trump presidency before joining the administration itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">That r\u00e9sum\u00e9 has drawn criticism from former FBI officials who have privately questioned whether Patel has any knowledge of how the FBI operates and whether attempts to launch partisan, political investigations would distract from other counterterrorism or criminal probes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Figliuzzi also suggested that Patel working in tandem with the Trump White House could exert influence over things like background checks, both for first-time applicants for security clearances and reinvestigations of people who previously went through FBI vetting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"3312ab46-a633-4850-af09-4f0b117d06d2\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:12,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018Cynical cash grab\u2019: FBI chief nominee Kash Patel\u2019s profitable links in the non-profit world&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;3312ab46-a633-4850-af09-4f0b117d06d2&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/12\/kash-patel-foundation-maga-merchandise-fundraising&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cAgents know how to do a background investigation,\u201d Figliuzzi said, \u201cbut once it gets to headquarters, can it be manipulated by somebody like Kash Patel? You bet. What gets to his desk and what gets to the Oval Office might be two very different things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cNow that\u2019s not supposed to happen, but you know where that happens? Not only in my experience, but we\u2019ve all seen it with Justice Kavanaugh \u2013 the reinvestigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cWhen there\u2019s a reinvestigation, that would apply to anybody who\u2019s already had a federal background [investigation] done for their position. And guess what? Those are different. The White House dictates the parameters of a reinvestigation, which is permitted.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/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.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/14\/kash-patel-fbi-director\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FBI officials have warned that Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to be the next FBI director, Kash Patel, could have limitless power at the bureau as they confront the likelihood that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137116\" 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-137116","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\/137116","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=137116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}