{"id":258619,"date":"2024-12-01T08:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T08:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/01\/trump-picks-loyalist-kash-patel-to-head-fbi\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T08:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T08:09:54","slug":"trump-picks-loyalist-kash-patel-to-head-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/01\/trump-picks-loyalist-kash-patel-to-head-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks loyalist Kash Patel to head FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republican President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he wanted former National Security official and loyalist Kash Patel to lead the FBI, signalling an intent to drive out the bureau\u2019s current director, Christopher Wray.<br \/>Patel, who during Trump\u2019s first term advised both the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defence, has previously called for stripping the FBI of its intelligence-gathering role and purging its ranks of any employee who refuses to support Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest problem the FBI has had has come out of its intel shops. I\u2019d break that component out of it. I\u2019d shut down the FBI Hoover building on day one and reopen it the next day as a museum of the deep state,\u201d Patel said in a September interview on the conservative Shawn Ryan Show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019d take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them across America to chase down criminals. Go be cops. Your cops. Go be cops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the nomination of Patel, Trump is signalling that he is preparing to carry out his threat to oust Wray, a Republican first appointed by Trump, whose 10-year term at the FBI does not expire until 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Patel\u2019s nomination, which will need Senate confirmation, an FBI spokesperson said on Saturday: \u201cEvery day, the men and women of the FBI continue to work to protect Americans from a growing array of threats. Director Wray\u2019s focus remains on the men and women of the FBI, the people we do the work with, and the people we do the work for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FBI directors by law are appointed to 10-year terms as a means of insulating the bureau from politics.<br \/>Wray, whom Trump tapped after firing James Comey in 2017 for investigating his 2016 campaign, has been a frequent target of Trump supporters\u2019 ire.<\/p>\n<p>During Wray\u2019s tenure, the FBI carried out a court-approved search at Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate to look for classified documents and he has also faced criticism for his oversight role of a directive by Attorney General Merrick Garland aimed at working to protect local school boards from violent threats and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led the two federal prosecutions against Trump for his role in subverting the 2020 election and retaining classified documents, asked on Nov. 25 the judges overseeing those cases to dismiss them before Trump takes office on Jan. 20, citing a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president.<br \/>Wray had previously signalled no intention of stepping down early and was busy planning events well into his 2025 calendar, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: BBC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he wanted former National Security official and loyalist Kash Patel to lead the FBI, signalling an intent to drive out the bureau\u2019s current director, Christopher Wray.Patel, who during Trump\u2019s first term advised both the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defence, has previously called for stripping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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