Kash Patel, a President of President Trump, who led the FBI, used to work as a Catal government consultant, so he raised a question from an ethics expert on the failed to register as a foreign agent in a newly released disclosure show. I did.
Patel has been listed on the Qatar Embassy, one of the clients of Trishul, a consulting company that Trump resigned in 2021 in 2021.
The state of democracy in the state stated that Patel could not register his consulting work.
“Patel and Trishul are not registered under Fara for the service provided to Qatar, and during the 2024 election, Patel was Catal. He is the founder of Nome Eisen, the founder of the group, and a former Trump Bulletic Lawyer wrote in a letter to the Senate judicial committee.
“If you are confirmed as the person in charge of the FBI, Patel will be in charge of investigating law enforcement agencies on the possibility of FARA violation, and he will be expected to do this obligatory and fair. Eisen wrote, and focused on the recent Fara incidents where people who did not disclose their jobs for the Qatar government.
This letter is a signature by Virginia Cantant, a citizen's highest ethics for Washington's responsibilities and ethics.
The disclosure form indicates that Patel has earned more than $ 2 million through consulting companies, but it is unknown how much it came from Qatar.
In another form, Patel showed that he was not planning to sell from Trichul, but instead refused himself from a problem related to next year. Lingering
“After confirmation, my consulting company will stop involved in any business, including the representatives of the client, and when appointed as the Director of the Federal Investigation Bureau, the company will maintain a dormant state and will not advertise.” I am writing.
“I am a letter of approval in writing to fully participate in specific issues involved in a specific problem in which the Qatar country is a party or representing the parties. I will refuse according to fair regulations until such approval is given.
However, Eisen said it was worth a scrutiny.
“This agreement asks, at least questioning whether he plans to continue his relationship with Qatar as soon as he leaves the government,” he wrote.
Patel did not immediately respond to the comment request.
Other details of the Patel submitted documents that were covered earlierBusiness insiderShow Patel is worth nearly $ 6 million.
This includes an elite depot called a “fashion management company” equivalent to $ 1 million to $ 5 million in which Patel consults.
Patel's financial disclosure was not disclosed before his hearing, so his financial transactions were hardly scrutinized during the Thursday meeting.
Many of the hearing focused on Patel's past controversy statements, many of them did not recognize or throw him out of context.
This calls for a distance from the choir composed of the defendant on January 6, and the defendant who has previously advertised has prosecuted a journalist. Includes comments.
He also said he would follow the law, but if he was asked to do something illegal, he would not promise to resign if he did not deal with the previous call to prosecute the former FBI director Christopher Rei. Ta.