A new director of the FBI has been appointed: Kash Patel — a loyalist of Trump
1 december 2024 в 22:37
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a staunch supporter Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
«I am proud to announce that Kash '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 spent his career exposing corruption, upholding justice, and protecting the American people».
It is unclear whether Patel will be confirmed, even by a Republican majority in the Senate. In any case, learn more about him below, including his educational background.
Born in 1980 to Indian immigrant parents and raised in Garden City, New York, Patel gained prominence in 2018 while serving as an aide to Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. There, he earned Trump’s favor during the Russia investigation, after which Trump later praised him for his key role in exposing what he called the «Russian, Russian, Russian hoax». Patel’s work as a defender of truth and accountability led to his appointment in 2019 to the National Security Council. He later became chief of staff to the acting Secretary of Defense in the final year of Trump’s first term.
Patel graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002 before obtaining a certificate in international law from the University College London Law School, as stated on his Facebook page. He then went on to study at the Pace University Law School in 2005.
Patel is a lawyer who was initially admitted to the Florida Bar in 2005 but is no longer authorized to practice law in the state. In 2014, according to The New York Times, Patel participated in and later withdrew from a charity bachelor auction Above the Law in favor of Switchboard of Miami after a blogger noted that his law practice license appeared outdated in the state.
However, Patel is still registered to practice law in New York, where he was admitted to the New York Bar in 2012.
It is unclear 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 Department of Justice’s National Security Division 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 been a member of the Trump Media and Technology Group board, 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 Kash '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 spent his career exposing corruption, upholding justice, and protecting the American people».
It is unclear whether Patel will be confirmed, even by a Republican majority in the Senate. In any case, learn more about him below, including his educational background.
Born in 1980 to Indian immigrant parents and raised in Garden City, New York, Patel gained prominence in 2018 while serving as an aide to Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. There, he earned Trump’s favor during the Russia investigation, after which Trump later praised him for his key role in exposing what he called the «Russian, Russian, Russian hoax». Patel’s work as a defender of truth and accountability led to his appointment in 2019 to the National Security Council. He later became chief of staff to the acting Secretary of Defense in the final year of Trump’s first term.
Patel graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002 before obtaining a certificate in international law from the University College London Law School, as stated on his Facebook page. He then went on to study at the Pace University Law School in 2005.
Patel is a lawyer who was initially admitted to the Florida Bar in 2005 but is no longer authorized to practice law in the state. In 2014, according to The New York Times, Patel participated in and later withdrew from a charity bachelor auction Above the Law in favor of Switchboard of Miami after a blogger noted that his law practice license appeared outdated in the state.
However, Patel is still registered to practice law in New York, where he was admitted to the New York Bar in 2012.
It is unclear 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 Department of Justice’s National Security Division 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 been a member of the Trump Media and Technology Group board, 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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