Kash Patel, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice as director of the F.B.I., does not have the typical background for that position. A former federal prosecutor and public defender, he has little management or law enforcement experience. Mr. Trump said in his social media post announcing his choice for the F.B.I. Mr. Patel spent about three years as a terrorism prosecutor at the Justice Department. In fact, Mr. Patel was a junior Justice Department staff member at the time, and he was not part of the trial team.

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