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President-elect\u00a0Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has nominated loyalist\u00a0Kash 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 Learn more about him below, including details on his net worth.<\/p>\n Patel, born in 1980 to Indian immigrant parents, grew up in Garden City, N.Y. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002 and later earned a certificate in international law from University College London Faculty of Laws, according to his Facebook page. Patel completed his law degree at Pace University in 2005.<\/p>\n In 2018, the former public defender 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 It\u2019s unclear what Patel\u2019s exact net worth is.<\/p>\n After graduating from law school in 2005, Patel spent eight years working as a public defender in Florida\u2014first with the Miami-Dade County Public Defender\u2019s Office, and later as a federal public defender. In 2014, he joined the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s National Security Division as a trial attorney, also serving as a legal liaison to the Joint Special Operations Command. Three years later, in 2017, Patel was appointed senior counsel for counterterrorism at the House Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n Since 2022, Patel has served 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 In addition to his 2023 memoir, Government Gangsters<\/em>, Patel has published two pro-Trump children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n It seems the 44-year-old is not married.<\/p>\n In 2014, according to The New York Times<\/em>, Patel entered and then dropped out of an Above the Law<\/a> charity bachelor auction after a blogger pointed out that his license to practice law in the state appeared to be out of date.<\/p>\n \n\t\t<\/div>\nWho Is Kash Patel?<\/h2>\n
What Is Patel\u2019s Net Worth?<\/h2>\n
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