“Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s top advisers in recent weeks warned him it would be problematic to nominate Kash Patel, one of his most loyal foot soldiers, to lead the FBI, even as it became increasingly clear Trump was leaning in that direction,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“They cautioned that Patel not only lacked the right experience, but they feared his embrace of controversial theories could hurt his chances at Senate confirmation…”
“Trump ignored those aides and chose Patel anyway in a Saturday night decision that sent shock waves through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Trump now hopes to install the bombastic, hard-line critic of the bureau as its leader, the latest step in the president-elect’s long-promised plans to remake the nation’s law-enforcement and intelligence agencies more fully into an arm of his agenda.”
New York Times: Kash Patel would bring bravado and baggage to FBI role.
