Kash Patel claims he's never heard of right-wing conspiracy theorist — and is reminded he's appeared on his show eight times - Senator says Patel ‘promoted outrageous conspiracy theories and worked wi

I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement,' Kash Patel says - Anadolu Ajansı

President Trump’s choice of a staunch loyalist to lead the bureau upends the post-Watergate tradition of picking nonpartisan directors. Mr. Patel’s enemies list and his vow to exact a campaign of retribution loom over the hearing.

Kash Patel has hawked a sketchy supplement to undo the effects of the COVID vaccine, promoted the QAnon cult and promised to go after Trump’s critics.

President Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, is portraying himself to senators as the right leader of a law enforcement agency he says has lost public trust

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to run the FBI, answers questions Thursday in a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

What does it means to have someone who appears to be handpicked for loyalty to head an institution as important, and as potentially dangerous, as the F.B.I.?

Patel, like Trump, has taken a different view, saying the rioters have been mistreated by the criminal justice system. A former federal public defender and prosecutor, he has called them “political prisoners” and offered on at least one occasion to represent them for free.

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to run the FBI, answers questions Thursday in a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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