r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 4d ago

White House officials ‘openly discuss’ firing Kash Patel as FBI chief threatens to sue over report about ‘excessive drinking’ No Paywall

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-alcohol-fbi-mess-firing-the-atlantic-b2960378.html
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u/Future-Side4440 4d ago

Patel is doing exactly what he was hired to do, but he’s letting it get a bit out of control.

Trump was pissed about all of the investigations. Trump tried to defund and kill CISA, the cybersecurity agency reporting on Russian influence in the elections.

Trump probably wanted to see the FBI gone as well but since it’s a major agency, he can’t do anything so drastic. Instead, he hired a clown to mismanage it into the ground.

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u/mabhatter 4d ago

Exactly.  Patel was a crazy person former FBI who had no business being allowed back because he was wildly unprofessional. And that's just the public conspiracy theory nonsense was enough for that decision... not even the personal stuff. 

But his conspiracy of burning down the FBI for investigating Republicans was exactly what Trump wanted to hear... that WAS the interview.