What Trump's Pick Means For The Future Of The FBI

特朗普的选择对联邦调查局的未来意味着什么

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2024-12-03

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President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to staff his next administration have been…questionable. His selection over the weekend of Kash Patel to lead the FBI fits into that mold: Patel is a MAGA enthusiast, a 2020 election denier, and a conspiracy theorist who says he’s ready to go after Trump’s political enemies! Ken Klippenstein, a national security reporter, helps us dig into how Patel could help Trump reshape the agency and its mission. And in headlines: Republicans and Democrats blasted Biden for pardoning his son Hunter, a New Yorker article details more damning allegations against Trump’s Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth, and the Supreme Court looks poised to side with the FDA in a case around vaping.

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  • It's Tuesday, December 3rd.

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  • On today's show, the Supreme Court hears arguments related to flavored vapes and the danger to children.

  • And more drama about Trump's Department of Defense pick, Pete Hegseth.

  • Let's get into it.

  • President elect Donald Trump's White House picks have been questionable at best.

  • And his selection of Cash Patel to lead the FBI over the weekend has folks asking the same old why?

  • Well, he's got all of the makings of a Trump nominee.

  • Patel is a MAGA enthusiast, a 2020 election denier, and a conspiracy theorist.

  • Patel worked for the National Security Council before becoming chief of staff to the acting Defense Secretary at the end of Trump's first term.

  • Before that, he was a public defender and DOJ prosecutor, and he was a key player in trying to discredit the FBI investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

  • In his post on Truth Social announcing Patel's nomination, Trump wrote that Patel played a pivotal role in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, standing as an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution.

  • In fact, Patel was so passionate about the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax that he wrote a children's book about it called the Plot against the King, a wonderful tale that follows characters like Keeper Comey and King.

  • Donald Battelle also casts himself as a wizard named the distinguished discoverer.

  • I have written the first ever children's Russiagate book.