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National security expert and longtime writer Marcy Wheeler says Democrats are ignoring a key role that a key Donald Trump nominee played in the taking of classified documents. "A key prong of the investigation into Trump’s treatment of the documents found at Mar-a-Lago involve disproving Kash’s public claim — made just before DOJ subpoenaed the documents — that Trump had …

Asserting that the US comes before the party, Democratic Senator John Fetterman in his recent interview stated that President-elect Donald Trump is “not a fascist” like Vice President Kamala Harris. According to Fetterman, Trump's nominee to head the FBI, Kash Patel, assured him that he would not target the President-elect's opponents if confirmed by the Senate. Fetterman opens up about …

Donald Trump's team is using behind-the-scenes moves to win over senators in hopes that they will confirm his controversial nominee to lead the FBI, according to a reporter. Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell, who has long covered Trump's campaign, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss Patel's path to the position. "People like Pete Hegseth, who has continued to be in …

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday announced that he will resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term in January clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee, Indian-American Kash Patel, to lead the agency. Donald Trumps welcomes decision: ‘Great day for America’ Welcoming the decision, Trump said Wray's resignation was "a great day for America". On November 30, …

A former national security official in Donald Trump's first administration stood by her criticism of FBI director nominee Kash Patel and said his threatened lawsuit was an ominous sign of "what's to come." "I think it's a very clear sign of what's to come should he become the director of the FBI and how he's going to conduct himself," Troye …

Kash Patel, US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was recently informed by the FBI that he had been targeted by Iranian hackers, sources told CNN. "Kash Patel was a key part of the first Trump administration’s efforts against the terrorist Iranian regime and will implement President Trump’s policies to protect America from adversaries as …

Donald Trump ally Laura Loomer has claimed that she has “receipts” on his possible nominee, comparing him to a “snake” who must be barred from joining the new administration. Loomer, who accompanied Trump on his campaign trips before allegedly being barred from his aircraft, reacted after Ortagus shared a picture of herself with Trump's divisive FBI Director nominee, Kash Patel. …

Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director was busted by a menswear expert for selling "America First" clothing that appears to be manufactured overseas. MAGA loyalist Kash Patel, who served several roles in the first Trump administration and has been tapped to lead the FBI, has been cashing in on his proximity to the former president by publishing conspiratorial children's books, …

In a rather embarrassing turn of events for the US-based Newsweek magazine, it cited a joke by a popular parody account Parik Patel, as an actual quote from the father of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director Kash Patel. The ‘quote’ citing the tweet from the parody account was published in one of its reports titled How Republicans And …

Epstein and Diddy lists to be released under Trump admin, says firebrand FBI director nominee Kash Patel

Donald Trump's nominee — devoted MAGA ally Kash Patel — could effectively tank the FBI's mission, according to former U.S. attorney and MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance. "This is clearly about revenge prosecutions," the former prosecutor told MSNBC host Ali Velshi Sunday, referring to Patel's nomination to direct the agency. "If you're Donald Trump and you are committed to a …

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, had once expressed his intention of introducing changes that would make it easier to sue journalists. Kash Patel has been picked by Trump to be the next FBI director In an interview with political strategist and American media executive Steve Bannon in December 2023, Kash Patel had vowed to “go out …