Less than a day after Trump named Kash Patel as his choice for FBI director, a former federal law enforcement official asked me a question: "curious if I'm on that list?"
His definition of the 'deep state' appears to include the organization he hopes to lead.
“One of the most cunning and powerful arms of the Deep State is the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” he wrote.
“I have received calls from lifers who are putting in their papers,” said the former FBI official, who asked not to be named, citing fears of retaliation.
Ultimately, he will fire the Attorney General and the FBI Director or force them out if they don’t do what he wants.”
Persons:
Donald Trump, Kash Patel, Patel, hasn’t, Trump’s, Liz Cheney, Trump, ” Cheney, ” Patel, Devin Nunes, Carter Page, Al Drago, “, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Bill Barr, John Bolton, ”, Alex Pfeiffer, “ Kash Patel, ” Pfeiffer, Kash, Biden, Hunter, Jamie Raskin, Sen, Bob Menendez, Henry Cuellar, ” Raskin, J, Edgar Hoover, Rod Rosenstein, President Trump, ” Rosenstein, — “ Kash, “ King Donald, King Donald, Hillary Queenton, Baron Von Biden, Adam Schiff, Department of Justice —, Knight, Kash Patel's, King, James Scrawl, Pam Bondi, Jeff Sessions
Organizations:
Trump, Our, Justice Department, FBI, NBC, Republican, U.S, NBC News, Pentagon, Defense Secretary's, Capitol, Bloomberg, Getty, DOJ, Deep, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Trump Republicans, Department, Justice, Democratic, ”, CNN, Department of Justice, Agents, GOP
Locations:
Trumpworld, Florida, Russia, State, Democratic U.S, New Jersey, Texas, lifers