{"id":2378926,"date":"2024-12-11T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolton-trashes-trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T13:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:08:58","slug":"bolton-trashes-trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolton-trashes-trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton trashes Trump FBI pick Kash Patel &#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\">20<\/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%2Fbolton-trashes-trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-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=2378926&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>In an op-ed for the Wall street Journal,\u200b former U.S. \u2063national\u2064 security adviser John Bolton criticized President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee for FBI director, Kash\u200b Patel. Bolton alleged that Patel had a poor track record during his\u200b time as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stocks-tank-after-fitch-downgrades-u-s-credit-rating\/\" title=\"Stocks plummet after Fitch lowers U.S. credit rating.\">senior\u200d director<\/a> of the Counterterrorism directorate and accused him \u200cof\u2064 inflating \u200chis r\u00e9sum\u00e9. He drew a provocative comparison between Patel and lavrentiy Beria, the notorious head of the\u200b Soviet \u2064secret police\u200c under Stalin, \u2063suggesting that Patel&#8217;s conduct was\u2064 concerning and inappropriate for the \u200crole of FBI director.  <\/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\">Bolton trashes Trump FBI pick Kash Patel<\/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_1909066\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former U.S. national security adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-bolton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"John Bolton\">John Bolton<\/a> skewered President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"John Bolton\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> FBI director nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kash Patel<\/a>, accusing him of doing shoddy work and inflating his r&eacute;sum&eacute;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/kash-patel-doesnt-belong-at-the-fbi-cabinet-nominee-5ef655eb?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"op-ed\">op-ed<\/a> for the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, straightforwardly titled &ldquo;Kash Patel Doesn&rsquo;t Belong at the FBI,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s former national security adviser excoriated Patel for his conduct during the first Trump administration as senior director of the Counterterrorism Directorate for the National Security Council. Bolton went so far as to compare Patel to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin&rsquo;s infamous NKVD director, Lavrentiy Beria, who oversaw many of the worst of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-warns-that-all-options-are-on-the-table-if-israel-launches-offensives-against-lebanon-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Iran warns that \u2018all options are on the table\u2019 if Israel launches offensives against Lebanon - Washington Examiner\">regime&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s crimes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kash Patel and John Bolton. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;These are but a few of many cases that touch directly on Mr. Patel&rsquo;s character and his consistent approach of placing obedience to Mr. Trump above other, higher considerations &mdash; most important, loyalty to the Constitution,&rdquo; he wrote after recounting other negative experiences with Patel. &ldquo;His&nbsp;conduct&nbsp;in Mr. Trump&rsquo;s first term and thereafter indicates that as FBI director, he would operate according to&nbsp;Lavrentiy Beria&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-tells-biden-to-back-off-after-palestinian-rioters-attack-police\/\" title=\"Israel Tells Biden To Back Off After Palestinian Rioters Attack Police\">reported comment<\/a> to Joseph Stalin: &lsquo;Show me the man, and I&rsquo;ll show you the crime.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the op-ed, Bolton accused Patel of exaggerating his role in the first Trump administration and of inflating his r&eacute;sum&eacute;.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His puffery was characteristic of the r&eacute;sum&eacute; inflation we had detected when Mr. Trump pressed him on us. We found he had exaggerated his role in cases he worked on as a Justice Department lawyer before joining Mr. Nunes&rsquo;s committee staff,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Given the sensitivity of the NSC&rsquo;s responsibilities, problems of credibility or reliability would ordinarily disqualify any job applicant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bolton recalled an episode a month before his resignation when two other White House officials, Charles Kupperman and White House counsel&nbsp;Pat Cipollone, were called into the Oval Office to discuss a possible role of Patel as an &ldquo;administration enforcer of presidential loyalty,&rdquo; to which the two &ldquo;strongly objected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bolton&rsquo;s other objections revolved around <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">previously reported claims<\/a> from other officials, such as former Defense Secretary Mark Esper&rsquo;s story about Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3248172\/how-kash-patel-was-suspected-of-nearly-botching-seal-team-6-rescue-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"endangering a Navy SEAL mission\">endangering a Navy SEAL mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I regret I didn&rsquo;t fully discern Mr. Patel&rsquo;s threat immediately,&rdquo; Bolton said. &ldquo;But we are now all fairly warned. Senators won&rsquo;t escape history&rsquo;s judgment if they vote to confirm him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bolton has been highly critical of Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet picks, especially Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard and former Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3230028\/john-bolton-fbi-investigate-gaetz-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">called<\/a> for the FBI to investigate both last month.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3229897\/five-theories-why-gaetz-nominated-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">called<\/a> Gaetz the &ldquo;worst Cabinet-level appointment in history,&rdquo; comparing his nomination to the legend of the Roman emperor Caligula nominating his horse as consul.<\/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_1909066\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1909066\"}});<\/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>Bolton criticizes Trump&#8217;s FBI nominee Kash Patel for poor work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2378927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Patel-Bolton-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13774,5591,44864,3634],"class_list":["post-2378926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bolton","tag-fbi","tag-kash-patel","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Patel-Bolton-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378930,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378926\/revisions\/2378930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}