Cash Patel was an adviser to the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense in Trump’s first term.
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he plans to appoint someone loyal to him, former National Security officer Kesh Patel, to the post of FBI chief.
Thus, the newly elected head of the country plans to remove the current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray, whose powers should expire only in 2027.
Patel served as an adviser to the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense during Trump’s first term and previously called on the FBI to strip its intelligence-gathering role and purge its ranks of any employees who refused to support Trump. .
He also criticized the FBI’s investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
After Trump left the White House, FBI agents famously raided his Florida estate to retrieve classified documents, investigated his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and investigated people stormed the US Capitol in support of him.
We remind you that Donald Trump has chosen retired General Keith Kellogg to serve as his special envoy to resolve Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Trump prepares important assignment in Ukraine – media
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Source: korrespondent
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