About Kash Patel
Patel served as chief of staff to the Acting United States Secretary of Defense under former President Donald Trump and as a government official in the United States National Security Council and the United States House of Representatives. As an attorney, he worked as a federal public defender, a federal prosecutor working on national security cases, and a legal liaison to the United States Armed Forces.He was the investigator who uncovered key parts of what could be considered one of the biggest scandals in American history—surveillance of a presidential campaign and then-sitting president on the basis of unverified and highly suspect research by the opposing campaign.
Patel is most well-known for his work on the House Intelligence Committee, leading Rep. Devin Nunes’s (R-Calif.) investigation into allegations of Trump-Russia collusion. A former Justice Department terrorism prosecutor, he was personally recruited by Nunes, and he would play a critical role uncovering the FBI’s abuses and beyond, a major scandal later dubbed “Spygate.”
Patel has held key roles across a large swath of America’s national security apparatus. He led counterterrorism efforts at the National Security Council—where he oversaw the elimination of ISIS and al-Qaeda leadership like Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Qasem al-Rimi. He also served as the right-hand man to then-Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, chief of staff to then-Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, and was at one point the presidential aide responsible for the nuclear football.
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