In the middle of the Thanksgiving holiday stretch, Donald Trump announced what might be his most extreme and controversial appointment yet: Kash Patel for FBI director. There are many reasons why this decision is outrageous. Patel is a MAGA combatant who has fiercely advocated Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump and who has championed January 6 rioters as patriots and unfairly persecuted political prisoners. (The still ongoi…

Mother Jones

United States

How Kash Patel, Trump's FBI pick, embraced the unhinged QAnon movement

There are already plenty of reasons to be wary of Kash Patel becoming FBI director — one of which is his status among believers of QAnon  Patel has long thirsted to purge the federal government of the so-called “Deep State,” as have MAGA conspiracy theorists who are now hailing Donald Trump’s nomination of Patel to fill a role where he would be well positioned to exact vengeance on the president-elect’s enemies. 
	According to posts and social m…

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

Media Bias/Fact Check

RollingStone

Penske Media Corporation

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

California

Kash Patel, Trump’s Pick to Lead the FBI, Is a QAnon Defender

Donald Trump’s controversial choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI has thrust QAnon and some of its wildest claims into the spotlight.
Powerful MAGA voices are hailing him as their No. 1 avenger to hunt down and decapitate the modern-day Hydra known as the deep state, a central villain of the…

Upstract

Trump FBI Pick Kash Patel’s QAnon Conspiracy Quarterbacking

Mother Jones (magazine)

Donald Trump just announced that his FBI director will be Kash Patel. We know why: Because Patel himself has already suggested that in a second Trump term, law enforcement should pursue Trump’s enemies, and as a result, Trump’s pick already has leading MAGA figures in a frenzy of excitement about the persecution that’s coming. It’s all a reminder that Trump feels zero constraints of any kind, again raising the question: Are the guardrails gone? …

The New Republic

Win McCormack

Trump’s Alarming New FBI Pick Already Has MAGA in an Unhinged Frenzy

We speak with journalist Mehdi Hasan, founder and editor-in-chief of Zeteo, about the incoming U.S. administration and President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for key roles, including lawyer Kash Patel to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Trump reportedly considered Patel for FBI deputy director during his first term but dropped the idea after pushback from within his own administration. Hasan describes Patel as a “toady” whose threats again

Democracy Now!

Independent 

New York

How Trump & Kash Patel Could Weaponize FBI Against Critics

Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Kash Patel as FBI director has ignited fierce backlash, with critics pointing to Patel’s ties to QAnon.

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Kash Patel’s Ties to QAnon and Extremism Spark Outrage Over FBI Nomination

More than any other personnel decision former President Donald Trump, the president-elect now, has made for his incoming administration, his decision to pick attorney Kash Patel to lead the FBI as the bureau’s next director has electrified Trump’s most ardent supporters. That’s not to say his supporters are unhappy with any of the other selections–they’re not.    Trump’s supporters are very fired up about all of them so far, and excited as the f…

cybernistas.com

Trump's Selection of Kash Patel to Lead FBI Electrifies America First Movement

More than any other personnel decision former President Donald Trump, the president-elect now, has made for his incoming administration, his

altnews.org

Trump’s Selection of Kash Patel to Lead FBI Electrifies America First Movement – altnews.org

Kash Patel, the brightly burning star in the first Trump administration, achieved prominence due to his steadfast beliefs and dedication to values that align with an ‘America First’ mentality. With an impressive trajectory under Trump’s administration, he is now poised to take on the important role of the next FBI director. This is a well-deserved recognition for a children’s book author who has consistently demonstrated unwavering advocacy for …

realnewsnow.com

Kash Patel: America First Gladiator Poised to Lead FBI - Real News Now

President-elect Donald Trump's decision to pick attorney Kash Patel to lead the FBI has electrified Trump's most ardent supporters.

How Kash Patel, Trump's FBI pick, embraced the unhinged QAnon movement

Coverage Details

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics