Trump announced on November 30 which he plans to name Kash Patel as FBI Director.
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If current FBI Director Chris Wray is to be replaced before his term ends in 2027, he will have to voluntarily step down or be removed by Trump.
A source previously told CBS News that the Trump team was aware of the complexities involved in ousting Wray.
Patel served In Trump's first term he served in intelligence and defense roles, ranging from Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Patel “a brilliant lawyer, investigator and 'America First' fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending justice, and protecting the American people.”
44 year old Patel served In Trump's first term he served in intelligence and defense roles, ranging from Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense. He was also named by Trump as a representative of the National Archives and Records Administration and testified before a federal grand jury. Mar-a-Lago classified document case,
He is an attorney and staunch Trump loyalist who rose to prominence as an aide to former Republican Representative Devin Nunes of California. Test In Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The University College London graduate served on Trump's National Security Council, then as a senior adviser to Director of National Intelligence Rick Grenell and later as chief of staff to Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.
Patel published a book titled “Government Gangsters” in 2023, which received praise from Trump and in which Patel writes that “the FBI is so badly compromised that unless drastic measures are taken, it will become a threat to the public.” “The threat will remain.”
“This is a roadmap to ending the rule of the Deep State,” Trump said. Said The Truth About the Book on Social in September 2023.
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