Topic - Kash Patel

“The biggest problem the FBI has had has come out of its intel shops,” Mr. Patel said in a September interview on the conservative “Shawn Ryan Show.” “I’d break that component out of it.

Patel's idea to break up FBI would create a barrier to fighting terrorism, espionage →

Kash Patel, Trump's choice to lead the FBI, said on a podcast last year that “we're going to come after people in the media who lied about American citizens.” Two appointees who have expressed hostility toward the media will be in a position to impact the work of journalists: Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and Kari Lake as director of Voice of America.

Journalists preparing for hostility toward their work under Trump administration →