President Donald Trump has made some concerning decisions, but one of the most controversial is the choice of who will run the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The overall focus of the FBI is to preserve federal law with differentiated programs focusing on issues affecting the nation. Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist and current Director of the FBI, is a danger to the federal agency, as he will turn the organization against itself.
Patel is a radical extremist, who has consecutively spread false narratives and intimidated anyone that shows opposition to Trump. In 2023, he wrote a book titled “Government Gangsters,” name-dropping 60 people and referring to them as the “members of the deep state” throughout the text. The names on Kash’s enemy list were Democrats and Republicans who have been public servants to the community.
Through the use of children’s literature, Patel — or “Kash the Wizard” in his juvenile series — wrote a trilogy of books dedicated to preserving the importance of Trump. In the book, “Kash the Wizard” wants to help “King Donald” defeat “Hillary Queenton” and “Comma-la-la-la.” The first book features a jab at the FBI as the “slug stables in a shadowy corner of the castle” run by “Keeper Komey,” referring to former FBI Director James Comey. In another book, a reference to 2000 mules is introduced to falsely claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump by Democrats.
Following Trump’s first term, Patel continued to work closely with the cult-like “Make America Great Again” movement. Patel launched the Kash Foundation to support defamation victims and the families of Trump supporters who were involved in the Jan. 6 riot. The now FBI Director has pushed countless baseless theories that the attack on the Capitol was instigated by the FBI and those closely affiliated in an attempt to hurt the MAGA movement. He is also a board member of the far-right company Truth Social, Trump’s social media platform. A tune would be played at the now President’s campaign rallies that Patel helped produce to feature Jan. 6. defendants.
A foolish decision proposed by Patel is to “enhance” the ranks of the FBI by bringing in help from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the martial arts entertainment giant — whose wealthy CEO, Dana White, helped boost Trump’s reelection.
Patel is ultimately weaponizing the FBI by turning against those who do not fit the pro-Trump agenda. It is not right to politicize a federal agency, but Patel is already doing it.
