Trump picks loyalist Kash Patel as director of the FBI

President-elect Donald Trump has picked staunch ally Kash Patel to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an appointment that would require confirmation by the US Senate. Patel supports the hardline Republican notion that allegedly biased government bureaucrats, or a so-called “deep state”, have worked to stifle Trump from behind the scenes.

Trump picks loyalist Kash Patel as director of the FBI
President-elect Donald Trump has picked staunch ally Kash Patel to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an appointment that would require confirmation by the US Senate. Patel supports the hardline Republican notion that allegedly biased government bureaucrats, or a so-called “deep state”, have worked to stifle Trump from behind the scenes.