Loyalist Kash Patel appointed new director of the FBI: biography, career, personal life
1 december 2024 в 07:13
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his supporter Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
«I am proud to announce that Kashap 'Kash' Patel will serve as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation», - Trump wrote on Saturday evening on Truth Social. «Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and fighter for 'America First', who has dedicated his entire career to fighting corruption, upholding justice, and protecting the American people».
Learn more about him below, including details of his personal life.
Patel, born in 1980 to Indian immigrant parents, grew up in Garden City, New York. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002 and later obtained a certificate in international law from the University College London Faculty of Law, according to his Facebook page. Patel earned his law degree from Pace University in 2005.
In 2018, the former public defender served as an aide to Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, where he earned Trump’s favor during the Russia investigation. Trump praised Patel for this in his social media post, noting that he «played a key role in exposing the Russia hoax, standing for truth, accountability, and the Constitution». In 2019, Patel joined the National Security Council before becoming chief of staff to the acting Secretary of Defense in the final year of Trump’s first term.
It appears that the 44-year-old Patel is not married.
In 2014, according to The New York Times, Patel participated in a bachelor charity auction Above the Law, but then withdrew from it after a blogger pointed out that his law practice license in the state appeared to be expired.
It is unknown what Patel’s exact net income is.
After graduating from law school in 2005, Patel spent eight years working as a public defender in Florida — first in the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office, and then as a federal public defender. In 2014, he joined the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney, also serving as a legal liaison to a joint special operations task force. Three years later, in 2017, Patel was appointed senior counterterrorism advisor on the House Intelligence Committee.
Since 2022, Patel has served on the board of directors of Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, and has a consulting contract, reportedly worth at least $ 120,000 per year.
In addition to his 2023 memoir «Government Gangsters», - Patel has published two children’s books in support of Trump
«I am proud to announce that Kashap 'Kash' Patel will serve as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation», - Trump wrote on Saturday evening on Truth Social. «Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and fighter for 'America First', who has dedicated his entire career to fighting corruption, upholding justice, and protecting the American people».
Learn more about him below, including details of his personal life.
Patel, born in 1980 to Indian immigrant parents, grew up in Garden City, New York. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002 and later obtained a certificate in international law from the University College London Faculty of Law, according to his Facebook page. Patel earned his law degree from Pace University in 2005.
In 2018, the former public defender served as an aide to Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, where he earned Trump’s favor during the Russia investigation. Trump praised Patel for this in his social media post, noting that he «played a key role in exposing the Russia hoax, standing for truth, accountability, and the Constitution». In 2019, Patel joined the National Security Council before becoming chief of staff to the acting Secretary of Defense in the final year of Trump’s first term.
It appears that the 44-year-old Patel is not married.
In 2014, according to The New York Times, Patel participated in a bachelor charity auction Above the Law, but then withdrew from it after a blogger pointed out that his law practice license in the state appeared to be expired.
It is unknown what Patel’s exact net income is.
After graduating from law school in 2005, Patel spent eight years working as a public defender in Florida — first in the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office, and then as a federal public defender. In 2014, he joined the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney, also serving as a legal liaison to a joint special operations task force. Three years later, in 2017, Patel was appointed senior counterterrorism advisor on the House Intelligence Committee.
Since 2022, Patel has served on the board of directors of Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, and has a consulting contract, reportedly worth at least $ 120,000 per year.
In addition to his 2023 memoir «Government Gangsters», - Patel has published two children’s books in support of Trump
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