After being confirmed by the US Senate, President Donald Trump's new FBI director, Kash Patel, has been taking the time to take the reins at the country's top investigators, which have been eroded by recent scandals and the collapse of public trust. It's not wasting it.
Even before being swears to begin his 10-year term late this afternoon, Patel will spend a day meeting with new staff at the FBI J. Edgar Hooverville.
Patel previously said the FBI building would be closed on the first day. There is no indication that Patel is planning to do that today, but he is expected to make some changes. These involve agents and other employees moving to the site and working to instill transparency between agents and the public.
In his first statement after Fox News, Patel said his mission was clear. “Let's make a good cop a policeman.
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Files – President Donald Trump's choice to become director of the FBI will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 30, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington for a confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Patel was confirmed in the Senate on Thursday afternoon with a narrow vote of 51-49. He faced solid opposition from Democrats who accused him of reforming the FBI for political gain.
However, the Rank and File agent has expressed to Fox that it is necessary to change, but many are waiting to see how far Patel will go.
The FBI under the leadership of the Biden administration has faced repeated scandals over the past four years.
Among them is that former FBI director Christopher Ray faces repulsion amid attempts assassination against Trump when he appears before the House Judiciary Committee, and the president is hit by a bullet or something like a rap shot It was when I questioned whether I was hit by the
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FBI Director Christopher Ray was asked about a survey Wednesday asking FBI employees if they would support Donald Trump. (Chris Kleponis/AFP)
In January 2023, a conservative lawmaker told the Richmond Field Office that “a new mitigation is almost certain in the radical traditionalist Catholic ideology of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists. “Showing the opportunity for the FBI memo entitled “.
This memo identified “traditionalist Catholicism in radicals.”[s]As “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists,” “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists (RMVEs) in the ideology of radical traditionalist Catholic (RTCs), It said that it almost certainly presents opportunities for threat mitigation through the exploration of new means of travel and source development.
The DOJ and the FBI were heavily criticized in 2021 by parents across the country. Attorney General Merrick Garland A memo was issued to direct the FBI to use counterterrorism tools related to parents speaking up at school board meetings for transgender-related issues and key race theory curricula.
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo, over the FBI's infamous anti-Catholic memo during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Speaking at CPAC on Thursday night, Elon Musk said he hopes Patel will reach the bottom of his assassination attempt and cheer from the crowd.
After being confirmed, Patel said, “The politicization of our judicial system has eroded public trust, but that's over today.”
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“The American people deserve the FBI that is transparent, accountable and committed to justice,” Patel said. “Working with the Bureau's dedicated men and women and our partners, we will rebuild the FBI that Americans are proud of, and we are assuming this for those who are trying to harm Americans. The first of this planet.
Patel will be sworn as the FBI's ninth director outside Hooverville at 4pm on Friday. Vice President JD Vance is expected to attend the oath ceremony.
Fox News Digital Politics reporter Emma Colton contributed to this report.
