{"id":2375648,"date":"2024-12-02T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kash-patel-who-is-he-and-why-is-he-so-divisive-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T18:07:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:07:18","slug":"kash-patel-who-is-he-and-why-is-he-so-divisive-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kash-patel-who-is-he-and-why-is-he-so-divisive-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel: Who is he and why is he so divisive? &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkash-patel-who-is-he-and-why-is-he-so-divisive-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2375648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kash patel is a controversial figure \u2063receiving attention due to his recent nomination by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the FBI. This nomination has sparked both support and skepticism \u200bwithin Washington\u200b D.C., particularly among conservative factions of the\u200c republican Party who see \u2064Patel as aligned wiht Trump&#8217;s vision for \u2063the contry. <\/p>\n<p>Patel&#8217;s career began after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-known-u-s-attorney-for-delaware-holds-hunter-bidens-fate-in-his-hands\/\" title=\"Little-Known U.S. Attorney for Delaware Holds Hunter Biden&#039;s Fate in His Hands\">graduating law school<\/a> and working as a public defender before joining\u200d the Department of Justice (DOJ) where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-google-engineer-charged-with-stealing-ai-secrets-for-chinese-companies\/\" title=\"Ex-Google engineer accused of pilfering AI secrets for Chinese firms\">prosecuted cases related<\/a> to terrorist activities. However, \u200dhis claims about his roles, particularly regarding the Benghazi case, have been disputed. He later associated with former Congressman Devin\u200d Nunes and played a meaningful role\u200d in efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the FBI&#8217;s examination into the Trump campaign&#8217;s ties to \u200dRussia.<\/p>\n<p>Within \u2063the Trump governance, Patel served on \u200cthe \u2064National security Council and was later appointed chief of staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense. Critics, including former Attorney General William Barr, questioned his qualifications for high-level positions in law\u2064 enforcement, indicating concerns \u2064over his capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>In his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump pointedly criticized the DOJ and FBI, echoing Patel\u2019s sentiments seen in \u2062his writings that depict a &#8220;deep\u200d state&#8221; conspiracy against Republican values. Patel\u200c advocates for extensive \u200dreforms within\u2064 the DOJ\u200d and has publicly denounced \u2062the FBI, suggesting that the headquarters be \u200drepurposed as a\u2064 &#8220;museum of the deep state.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Patel&#8217;s appointment signals a \u200bshift \u2062towards a more confrontational approach against perceived institutional opposition, paralleling Trump&#8217;s battle against\u2062 what he claims\u2063 are corrupt\u2062 elements within the goverment and media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kash Patel: Who is he and why is he so divisive?<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1900277\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3246212\/trump-selects-kash-patel-as-fbi-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nomination<\/a> of Kashyap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;Kash&rdquo; Patel<\/a> to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FBI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> has been celebrated and raised eyebrows in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>There are several aspects of Patel&rsquo;s nomination that have caused concerns from lawmakers, but some conservatives within the MAGA branch of the Republican Party have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3235515\/trump-fbi-director-prospects-two-diverging-fates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vouched for Patel<\/a> to help lead what they view as Trump&rsquo;s mandate for the country over the next four years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kash Patel, former chief of staff to the secretary of defense, speaks during a Turning Point Action United for Change campaign rally for President-elect Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon \/ AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is what led to Patel&rsquo;s nomination:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patel&rsquo;s road to Washington<\/h2>\n<p>Patel, a native of Long Island, New York, graduated from the University of Richmond in 2002, later receiving his Juris Doctor from Pace University&rsquo;s law school in 2005. He became a public defender in Florida for eight years before being hired at the Department of Justice as an attorney in the National Security Division.<\/p>\n<p>While working at the DOJ, Patel oversaw the prosecution of criminals aligned with terrorist groups al Qaeda, ISIS, and others, according to his Department of Defense<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/About\/Biographies\/Biography\/Article\/2418491\/kashyap-p-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> profile<\/a>. Patel claimed to be the &ldquo;lead prosecutor&rdquo; in the DOJ&rsquo;s case against those who carried out the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed. According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/14\/us\/politics\/kash-patel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, however, Patel was a junior staff member at the time and was not on the trial team.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Trump campaign, Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexPfeiffer\/status\/1863568958844010996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reportedly<\/a> received an award from the DOJ in 2017 for his work investigating the World Cup bombings in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220465\/what-trump-promised-day-one-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO DO ON DAY 1 IN THE OVAL OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Patel worked as an aide to former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), then the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. There, Patel was a key figure in Nunes&rsquo;s efforts to discredit the FBI&rsquo;s investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign for its alleged ties to Russia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Patel&rsquo;s involvement there included a controversial classified memo known as the Steele dossier that alleged the FBI abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants on Trump advisers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Working in the first Trump administration<\/h2>\n<p>Patel entered Trump&rsquo;s first administration in February 2019, working on the National Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020, Patel was named chief of staff to acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/09\/933105262\/trump-terminates-secretary-of-defense-mark-esper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fired<\/a> the previous defense secretary, Mark Esper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3240974\/meet-new-congress-house-senate-freshmen-119th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MEET THE NEW CONGRESS: THE HOUSE AND SENATE FRESHMEN ELECTED TO SERVE NEXT YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Trump&rsquo;s loss in 2020, the former president reportedly considered making Patel deputy director of the FBI. Former Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/trump-names-loyalist-kash-patel-serve-fbi-director-116342190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">William Barr wrote in his memoir<\/a> that Patel &ldquo;had virtually no experience that would qualify him to serve at the highest level of the world&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-in-5-americans-see-two-tiered-justice-system-poll\/\" title=\"4 In 5 Americans See Two-Tiered Justice System: Poll\">preeminent law enforcement agency<\/a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Barr added that Patel would become the FBI&rsquo;s second in command &ldquo;over my dead body.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/01\/18\/off-the-rails-trump-cia-kash-patel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">floated the idea<\/a> of making Patel the top deputy in the CIA under then-Director Gina Haspel by firing the person who held that post. Trump reportedly hoped that, in turn, Haspel would resign, which would give Patel the opportunity to become director of the CIA without being confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Others in the first Trump administration, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2024\/10\/kash-patel-trump-national-security-council\/679566\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reportedly<\/a> concerned about Patel&rsquo;s possible actions should he be given more power.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post-Trump administration and views on the FBI<\/h2>\n<p>In his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump said without evidence that the DOJ was weaponized against him. A particular point of contention for him was the FBI, which he claimed was &ldquo;badly broken,&rdquo; adding that it &ldquo;lost the confidence of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some of Trump&rsquo;s vision for the FBI aligns with previous statements Patel has made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his 2023 book, <em>Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy<\/em>, Patel lays out his case against what he refers to as &ldquo;the deep state.&rdquo; To Patel, the so<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-called deep state includes elected officials<\/a>, journalists, Big Tech moguls, and &ldquo;members of the unelected bureaucracy.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the book, Patel calls for &ldquo;a comprehensive housecleaning&rdquo; of the DOJ, an agency that he says has protected high-ranking members of the Democratic Party while unjustly targeting Republicans and their GOP allies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The book also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Timodc\/status\/1863620081873244259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a list<\/a> of &ldquo;corrupt actors&rdquo; who Patel believes are in the deep state. These so-called bad actors are mainly current and former Democratic officials, Republicans who have spoken out against Trump, and DOJ officials who have been involved in various investigations into Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump praised the book as a &ldquo;blueprint to take back the White House and remove these Gangsters from all of Government,&rdquo; according to promotional endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>Patel has also criticized the FBI specifically. In September, he said the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., should be dismantled and turned into a &ldquo;museum of the deep state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3191374\/dates-2024-presidential-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>KEY DATES FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patel has also been deeply critical of members of the media. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/06\/politics\/kash-patel-trump-administration\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2023 interview <\/a>with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, Patel said under Trump, the DOJ would &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/06\/politics\/kash-patel-trump-administration\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">come after<\/a>&rdquo; members of the media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to put in all-American patriots top to bottom,&rdquo; Patel said, adding that the department under Trump &ldquo;will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, we&rsquo;re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections &mdash; we&rsquo;re going to come after you,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in his nomination, described Patel as &ldquo;a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and &lsquo;America First&rsquo; fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,&rdquo; noting his &ldquo;pivotal role in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Atlantic<\/em>, Patel is fiercely loyal to Trump and has found various opportunities to stay in Trump&rsquo;s orbit when he left office in 2021. Patel became a member of the board of directors for the Trump Media &amp; Technology Group in 2022, the group that owns Trump&rsquo;s Truth Social media platform. Nunes, Patel&rsquo;s former boss, is the CEO of TMTG.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of people say he&rsquo;s crazy,&rdquo; Trump once said of Patel, according to the outlet. &ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s kind of crazy. But sometimes you need a little crazy.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senate confirmation<\/h2>\n<p>Patel&rsquo;s appointment as FBI director would require the current director, Christopher Wray, to step down or be forced out of the job. Wray, a 2017 Trump appointee, has three years left before his 10-year term expires.<\/p>\n<p>FBI directors are appointed to 10-year terms, which have the possibility of spanning three different presidents. Their long terms were imposed in 1976 as a future safeguard in the wake of Watergate after it became clear that former President Richard Nixon&rsquo;s choice for FBI director, L. Patrick Gray, had destroyed documents related to the FBI&rsquo;s investigations of the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The term limit is meant to assert the independence of FBI directors from any political leader or party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3230247\/recess-appointments-trump-skip-senate-confirmations-fill-cabinet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>RECESS APPOINTMENTS: HOW TRUMP HOPES TO SKIP SENATE CONFIRMATIONS AND FILL HIS CABINET<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump could fire Wray like he fired former FBI Director James Comey, which appears to be the likely path to getting Patel into the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Following Trump&rsquo;s announcement, the FBI released a statement saying, &ldquo;Every day, the men and women of the FBI continue to work to protect Americans from a growing array of threats. Director Wray&rsquo;s 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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The FBI director must also be confirmed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a>. Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate Republicans<\/a> appear on board with Patel&rsquo;s nomination, including Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ted Cruz (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) voiced some support for Wray on ABC News&rsquo;s <em>This Week<\/em>, saying Trump &ldquo;has the right&rdquo; to make appointments but noting that Wray has three years remaining on his term.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The message, and one that I feel very strongly about, is that there is a constitutional separation. The Founding Fathers did that for a reason,&rdquo; Rounds said.&nbsp;&ldquo;We will, you know, we accept that the president should have the people that he wants in his Cabinet and on his team. Every president wants that. We give them the benefit of the doubt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1900277\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1900277\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kash Patel: Who is he and why is he controversial? 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