Newly elected US President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated his close friend Kash Patel for a direct post at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). With this, Kashi Patel will become the highest-ranking Indian-American in the next government. At the same time, Trump also nominated New York real estate developer Charles Kushner to serve as ambassador to France.
Trump: Patel was a warrior who put America first
Donald Trump said on his social media platform “Truth Social”, “I am proud to announce that ‘Kash’ Patel will be the next FBI Director.” “Kash is a distinguished attorney, investigator and ‘America First’ warrior who has spent his entire career exposing corruption and defending justice and the American people.”
Trump did a great job in his first term
In addition, Trump also said, “Kash did a great job during my first term. During this period, he served as the Chief of Staff of the Department of Defense, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Senior Director of the Counterterrorism Division of the National Security Council. Director. Cash also represented the government in more than 60 court hearings.
Kashi Patel has connections with Gujarat
Let us tell you that 44-year-old Kash Patel served as the “chief of staff” to the acting US Secretary of Defense in the final weeks of the Trump administration in 2017. Patel was born in New York and belongs to the state of Gujarat. However, his mother is from Tanzania in East Africa and his father is from Uganda. He came to the United States from Canada in 1970. Speaking to PTI earlier, Patel said, “We are Gujaratis.”
FBI critics in Biden administration
Kash Patel has been an outspoken critic of the FBI, the intelligence agency in the Biden administration. He called on the agency to end its intelligence collection function and fire employees who refuse to support Trump’s agenda. Beyond that, Patel told the Conservative Political Action Conference in July that we must identify those in government who are weakening our constitutional republic.
Input via PTI
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