Establishment opponents of President-elect Donald Trump have spent weeks characterizing former National Security Council official Kash Patel as a threat to the dysfunctional status quo.
“I think it would be extremely, extremely dangerous to have someone like Kash Patel in the FBI director's position,” former FBI special agent Daniel Brunner told CNN last month. “The damage that someone like Kash Patel can do is enormous,” said Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director who undermined Trump's presidency in Crossfire Hurricane.
Following a number of such unexpected endorsements, President Trump announced on Saturday that he would nominate Patel to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray.
While Patel wasted no time and demonstrated what he intended to accomplish with the FBI, some in the liberal establishment and the intelligence community instead sought to gain insight into what would happen next. He expressed a desire to rely on his lame dystopian novels.
“I think the best scenario for everyone is for this meeting between Kash Patel and Kash Patel to end.”
Former George W. Bush speechwriter and Atlantic editor David Frum said days after President Trump was shot and killed in Pennsylvania that the gunman and his target were “common enemies of law and democracy.” he suggested. tweeted“We are headed for a constitutional crisis far greater than Watergate.”
MSNBC talking head Joe Scarborough similarly panicked. I'm saying“This is not only bad for the people who run the FBI. This is not only bad for the rule of law. This is not only bad for the First Amendment. This is not only bad for the United States. This is not going to end well for Kash Patel and this Kash.・I think this is the end of the Patel talks.
Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post
complained“This is not normal,” he said, urging Republican senators to “stand up to Trump.”
Republicans won a majority in the U.S. Senate, but nominal Republicans
reportedly Sens. Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and John Curtis (Utah) refused to support Matt Gaetz's nomination as head of the Department of Justice. could help speed up Patel's nomination.
McCabe
grabbed “At this point, the appointment or nomination of Kash Patel as FBI director can only be seen as a plan to disrupt, dismantle, and distract the FBI, and perhaps use it as a tool,” he told CNN on Sunday. ” Because of the president's political agenda. ”
“And, you know, we know what that's like as an organization. This country has been there before, right?” to the Clinton Foundation in 2016. McCabe, the former right-hand man of James Comey, who closed the investigation, continued.
McCabe quickly clarified that he was not referring to the Biden FBI targeting pro-life activists or traditional Christians. political enemyand candid parentsrather the FBI used to target communists.
“Before Watergate, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI instilled fear in the hearts of Americans from all walks of life, including politicians, entertainers, and civil rights groups. McCabe said: “We have stepped up our intelligence efforts and used law enforcement and FBI law enforcement agencies to terrorize and intimidate the American people.”
Former Bush aide John Bolton, a key proponent of America's disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq, similarly criticized President Trump's decision, saying:
reportedly “Trump nominated Kash Patel to Lavrenti Beria. Fortunately, the FBI is not the NKVD. The Senate should reject this nomination 100-0.”
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance
answered“John Bolton was wrong about everything, so I think Kash must be pretty great.”
“You shut down Hooverville right away.”
In his announcement on Truth Social Saturday, Trump said:
noticed“Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and 'America First' fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, upholding justice, and protecting the American people. He played a pivotal role in debunking Russia, Russia, and Russian disinformation and is a champion of truth, accountability, and the Constitution. ”
“Mr. Kash did an outstanding job during my first term, serving as chief of staff at the Department of Defense, deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, and senior counterterrorism director at the National Security Council,” the president-elect said. continued. “Kash has also tried more than 60 jury trials. This FBI is committed to ending America's growing crime epidemic, dismantling immigrant criminal organizations, and the evils of cross-border human and drug trafficking.” Kash will serve under our great Attorney General.'' Pam Bondi, please restore loyalty, courage, and integrity to the FBI. ”
After initially creating an X account, Patel
share “It is the honor of a lifetime to be nominated by President Trump to lead the FBI. Together, we will restore integrity, accountability, and equal justice to our justice system and return the FBI to its rightful mission.” It's about protecting the American people. ”
Patel, who has been highly critical of the FBI, told the Blaze Media co-founder: glenn beck In December 2023, the department said it was “fixable” and explained what the reforms would look like.
“You shut down the Hoover Building right away. Literally the next day you opened it as a museum of the deep state, allowed everyone to wander the halls for free, and kept that massive building open 24/7. I think there are,” Patel said. “It takes about 20 people in a skiff to run the FBI. The other 7,000 agents sitting in that building need 10,000 people to run the FBI so that Chris Wray can go to Congress and lie and say, We should go after criminals across America without distorting the statistics of the 6th of July.'' Domestic violent terrorism is on the rise. ”
Various Democrats joined McCabe in throwing a tantrum, while various Republicans also praised Trump's choice.
“He values honor, has unquestioning loyalty and is an American patriot.”
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)
I wrote“Kash Patel has extensive experience in the national security and intelligence fields. He is an America First patriot and will bring much-needed change and transparency to the FBI.”
Tennessee State Senator Bill Hagerty (Republican)
said NBC's “Meet the Press” said, “The FBI has serious problems. The American people know it. They expect fundamental change, and Kash Patel is doing just that.” He's the type of person who would do that.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
said“I look forward to supporting him and pushing this nomination across the finish line.”
“Mr. Kash will be confirmed by the Senate.”
tweeted Representative Abe Hamade (Republican, Arizona). “He is a man of honor, unquestioning loyalty, and an American patriot. Kash is the son of Indian immigrants who fled Uganda's genocidal dictator Idi Amin. Restore and maintain, the FBI will be prime minister again!”
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