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President-elect Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> has nominated loyalist Kash Patel<\/strong>\u00a0to serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n \u201cI am proud to announce that Kashyap \u2018Kash\u2019 Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,\u201d Trump posted Saturday night on Truth Social. \u201cKash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and \u2018America First\u2019 fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People.\u201d<\/p>\n It remains unclear whether Patel could be confirmed, even by a Republican-led Senate. In any case, find out more about him below.<\/p>\n Patel, the son of Indian immigrants, is a former public defender who rose through senior national security roles during Trump\u2019s first term. In 2018, he served as an aide to Rep. Devin Nunes<\/strong>, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, where he gained Trump\u2019s favor during the Russia investigation. Trump praised Patel for this in his social media post, stating he \u201cplayed a pivotal role in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, standing as an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution.\u201d In 2019, Patel joined the National Security Council before becoming chief of staff to the acting defense secretary in the final year of Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n Since then, Patel has been a vocal Trump supporter, promoting the false claim that the 2020 election was \u201cstolen\u201d and pushing the baseless \u201cdeep state\u201d conspiracy theory. He has alleged that federal officials sought to undermine the president and called for replacing \u201canti-democratic\u201d civil servants in law enforcement and intelligence with \u201cpatriots\u201d loyal to the American people. In his 2023 memoir, Government Gangsters<\/em>, Patel described the political climate as a \u201cbattle between the people and a corrupt ruling class,\u201d branding the \u201cDeep State\u201d as an unelected cabal bent on controlling the presidency and dictating what Americans can know.<\/p>\n In addition to his memoir, Patel has published two pro-Trump children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n Patel also serves on the board of Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, and holds a consulting contract reportedly worth at least $120,000 annually.<\/p>\n Christopher Wray<\/strong> is the current FBI Director, having been appointed by Trump in 2017. However, Wray quickly lost favor with the president and his allies before Trump left office in 2021.<\/p>\n While the FBI director position typically carries a 10-year term, Wray\u2019s potential removal had been widely anticipated due to Trump\u2019s ongoing public criticism of him and the FBI, especially following the search of Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago property<\/a> for classified documents and two investigations that led to his indictment.<\/p>\n \n\t\t<\/div>\nWho Is Kash Patel?<\/h2>\n
Who Is the Current Director of the FBI?<\/h2>\n