Conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI, faces Senate blowback

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Source: The Guardian

Sun 1 Dec 2024 13.44 EST
Last modified on Sun 1 Dec 2024 13.45 EST


Donald Trump’s plan to nominate as FBI director the “deep state” conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, a virulent critic of the bureau who has threatened to fire its top echelons and shut down the agency’s headquarters, is facing blowback in Congress as US senators begin to flex their muscles ahead of a contentious confirmation process.

Politicians from both main parties took to the Sunday talk shows to express starkly divergent views on Patel, whom Trump announced on Saturday as his pick to lead the most powerful law enforcement agency in the US.

The move is dependent on the incumbent FBI chief, Christopher Wray, who Trump himself placed in the job in 2017, either being fired or resigning.

It is already clear that confirming Patel through the US Senate is likely to be less than plain sailing. Mike Rounds, a Republican senator from South Dakota, indicated that Patel could face a tough confirmation battle.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/01/kash-patel-trump-fbi-pick

[BOSSHOG]

1. Kash Patel will cripple the FBIs efforts

To shine the light on the trump administrations up and coming crime spree but not enough to ruin the lives of those who hurt trumps feelings. All because of the high price of eggs.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump and his pals plan to commit many crimes. FBI must be stopped from investigating them.

[DrFunkenstein]

3. Even John Bolton Thinks This Guy is A Soviet-Style Nightmare

When you've got Republicans likening him to one of Stalin's right-hand men, you know no good can come of this.

[Hekate]

4. Prove it, Senators. Find your ... spines.

[chia]

5. I'll believe blowback when I see it. The bar is low. Very low.

[Initech]

6. Patel, along with most of these MAGA fuckheads, should be rotting in prison.

[mwb970]

7. It seems obvious that trump is purposely wrecking America.

I have to assume he is working for Putin, who must be amazed at the ability of his very best agent to cripple our country from within. With help from his army of MAGA morons, of course.

[C Moon]

8. They're (Putin et al) setting up the US to be a failure.

Time to store money in the mattress