Trump Nominates Kash Patel for FBI Director

Pending Senate confirmation, Patel will work closely with Pam Bondi, who was recently nominated by Trump to lead the Justice Department.

Kash Patel, former Principal Deputy to the Acting Director of National Intelligence and former senior counsel to the House Intelligence Committee, in Washington on March 15, 2021. York Du/The Epoch Times

President-elect Donald Trump has announced the nomination of former public defender Kash Patel to serve as FBI director in his administration.

“I am proud to announce that Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Trump wrote in a post on social media on Nov. 30. “Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People.”