{"id":2380127,"date":"2024-12-14T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-man-trump-picked-to-lead-the-fbi-was-once-a-victim-of-it\/"},"modified":"2024-12-14T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T21:08:47","slug":"the-man-trump-picked-to-lead-the-fbi-was-once-a-victim-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-man-trump-picked-to-lead-the-fbi-was-once-a-victim-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Trump Picked to Lead the FBI Was Once a Victim of It"},"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%2Fthe-man-trump-picked-to-lead-the-fbi-was-once-a-victim-of-it%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=2380127&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>The \u200barticle\u200b discusses kash Patel, President-elect donald Trump&#8217;s nominee \u2063for FBI \u200cDirector, highlighting\u200b his past experiences with the agency. It notes that during the investigations into the\u200b alleged \u200c&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-biden-help-unite-america\/\" title=\"Can Biden Help Unite America?\">russia collusion<\/a>&#8221; in 2017, Patel, working\u200d for the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee, \u200dsought details\u2062 on Hillary Clinton&#8217;s\u2062 involvement in the\u2062 controversy. The\u200b FBI monitored communications of Patel and other\u2063 Congressional staffers under warrants related to \u2063these investigations. A \u200crecent Inspector General report and subsequent media\u200c coverage underscore concerns about the FBI&#8217;s surveillance \u2062practices, including Patel&#8217;s own unwitting surveillance as he investigated the agency&#8217;s \u2062conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Patel&#8217;s criticism of \u200cthe \u200cFBI\u2019s actions, including those \u2062of former directors like James Comey and Andrew McCabe,\u2064 is emphasized as he argues for\u200b accountability and a need for change\u200b within the bureau. The article claims that\u200b the FBI&#8217;s \u200bactions have proven \u2063problematic, suggesting that fresh leadership in\u200d the agency\u200d may help to rectify its perceived overreach\u2063 and\u200d political biases. Critics, notably from within \u200bthe FBI&#8217;s previous leadership, voice\u200b concern\u200c over Patel&#8217;s potential impact on the bureau, indicating a division regarding the future direction of the\u200b FBI. the article paints Patel as a pivotal figure in reforming an \u200dagency characterized\u2063 by political \u200dmeddling\u2063 and overreach.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick to head the FBI knows firsthand what kind of abuses the once<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-respected law enforcement agency<\/a> can inflict.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the heady days of 2017, when the anti-Trump &ldquo;Russia collusion&rdquo; hoax was still gathering strength in Washington, D.C., Kash Patel was on the staff of the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee, trying to get information about Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s role in generating the idea that Trump was some kind of Russian asset.<\/p>\n<p>And the FBI had its eye on him.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Justice Department Inspector General&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.justice.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/25-010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> released this week, the FBI and the Justice Department obtained sweeping warrants to monitor communications of two members of Congress and 43 staffers, ostensibly to find out who was behind leaks to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Patel is not named in the IG report, but according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/10\/politics\/justice-department-spying-congress-patel-trump-ig-report\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN report<\/a> published on Tuesday, Patel was one of those staffers.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>And as RealClearInvestigations columnist Paul Sperry wrote in a piece published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/13\/opinion\/report-reveals-that-fbi-spied-on-its-likely-new-director-kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> on Friday, the FBI had special reasons to want access to Patel&rsquo;s communications.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At the time, Patel was demanding to see FBI documents and depose FBI witnesses to find out if the bureau had abused its power in obtaining a FISA warrant to spy on Trump aide Carter Page,&rdquo; Sperry wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As chief counsel, Patel had no idea that the subject of his investigation &mdash; the FBI &mdash; was collecting his data and increasing the visibility of witnesses he was communicating with, including whistleblowers,&rdquo; he observed.<\/p>\n<p>The IG report, and the reporting by CNN and Sperry, is a reminder of just how deeply the FBI has been involved in meddling in political questions and using its prestige and powers to do it.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also a reminder of why new leadership is needed at the top &mdash; and why Patel, a vocal critic of the FBI, is the man for the job.<\/p>\n<p>In a September 2022 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/creating-police-state-former-trump-official-doj-prosecutor-calls-gutting-fbis-dc-field-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a>, he was outspoken about the actions of the type of rogue operatives he calls &ldquo;government gangsters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And there might not be any agency in the government more in need of a housecleaning than the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray, who announced his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/great-day-america-trump-sends-chris-wray-brutally-honest-going-away-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upcoming resignation<\/a> the day the IG&rsquo;s report was published, took over after Trump fired the now disgraced, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-asks-james-comey-band-dirty-cops-will-apologize-flynn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and disgraceful<\/a>, former FBI Director James Comey.<\/p>\n<p>But in the interim, leadership of the bureau was in the hands of now-former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. (McCabe, now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-catches-flak-hiring-former-acting-fbi-director-andrew-mccabe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN contributor<\/a>, pretty much personifies the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/andrew-mccabe-defends-fbis-use-steele-dossier-confidential-informant-trump-russia-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep state swamp<\/a>&nbsp;that despises Donald Trump.)<\/p>\n<p>Wray won Senate confirmation to the FBI post in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1151\/vote_115_1_00181.htm?congress=115&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The warrants for surveillance of Patel and others &mdash; including, amusingly enough, Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff, according to CNN &mdash; were issued in September of that year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the IG report, most of the warrants were renewed at least once, with some renewed for up to four years. Their terms prohibited major companies like Apple and Google from informing their customers about the government&rsquo;s action.<\/p>\n<p>Patel had no knowledge that he was under court-approved surveillance by the FBI until 2022, when Google finally was permitted to inform him, Sperry wrote.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, according to Sperry, Patel said, &ldquo;They must be held accountable or they&rsquo;ll only abuse their power again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Patel made an attempt on his own to &ldquo;hold them accountable&rdquo; in September 2023 when he sued the FBI over the spying, but the lawsuit was dismissed in late September.<\/p>\n<p>Americans might remember that something big happened in the country about six weeks after that &mdash; when Trump stormed to victory in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> has chosen Patel as his nominee to lead the FBI, and it&rsquo;s stirred up a swell of resentment in the deep state. One of his loudest critics is Andrew McCabe, who told CNN&rsquo;s Kaitlan Collins in November that Patel could do &ldquo;a lot of damage&rdquo; to the FBI, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5004354-andrew-mccabe-kash-patel-donald-trump-administration-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by the FBI&rsquo;s actions in recent years, starting with its role in promulgating the &ldquo;Russia collusion&rdquo; hoax and its sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-targeting-catholics-went-beyond-single-office-redacted-documents-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distorted priorities<\/a>, that might not be such a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has more than proven itself capable of abusing its powers, and abusing Americans, to suit its political purpose. And Kash Patel knows that firsthand.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In 2017, during the height of the &#8220;Russia collusion&#8221; narrative, Kash Patel was part of the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee, seeking information about Hillary Clinton&#8217;s involvement in suggesting Trump was a Russian asset. The FBI monitored him during this time. A recent Justice Department Inspector General report revealed that the FBI and DOJ obtained extensive warrants to surveil two Congress members and 43 staffers to uncover leaks to journalists. Although Patel is not named in this report, CNN indicated he was among those surveilled.<\/p>\n<p>RealClearInvestigations columnist Paul Sperry noted that Patel had been pressing for access to FBI documents related to a FISA warrant used against Trump aide Carter Page while unknowingly being monitored by the very agency he was investigating. This situation highlights how deeply involved the FBI has been in political matters and underscores why new leadership is essential\u2014Patel, a critic of the bureau&#8217;s actions, may be well-suited for this role.<\/p>\n<p>Former FBI Director Christopher Wray announced his resignation on the same day as the IG report release; he took over after Trump dismissed James Comey amid controversy. During Wray\u2019s tenure, surveillance warrants were issued against Patel and others in September 2017\u2014shortly after Wray\u2019s confirmation\u2014and many were renewed multiple times without informing major tech companies like Apple or Google until years later.<\/p>\n<p>Patel only learned about his surveillance in 2022 when Google could finally notify him. He expressed that accountability is crucial to prevent future abuses of power by agencies like the FBI. In September 2023, he attempted legal action against them regarding this spying but faced dismissal of his lawsuit shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump prepares for office again with Patel as his nominee for FBI director, it has sparked backlash from entrenched interests within Washington; notably from Andrew McCabe who warned that Patel could harm the bureau further\u2014a sentiment reflecting concerns over past abuses by an agency capable of misusing its authority against American citizens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2380128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Kash-Patel.jpeg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46804,5591,5191,3634],"class_list":["post-2380127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crime-victim","tag-fbi","tag-leadership","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Kash-Patel.jpeg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380127","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380131,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380127\/revisions\/2380131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}