Extremists who were targeted by FBI cheer Trump Maga pick to head agency

Experts warn if Kash Patel is confirmed the agency will ‘abandon any serious efforts to confront far-right groups’Some extremists who were recently the targets of the FBI are applauding Donald Trump’s appointment of Maga loyalist Kash Patel as its new director, which experts are warning is a sign of an emboldened far right now seen as a diminishing existential threat inside the nation’s top law enforcement agency.In what was a fraught and contentious Senate confirmation hearing last week, Patel, Trump’s pick to head the FBI, made a point to describe some of the racism he has faced in the US as the son of Indian Gujarati immigrants. Continue reading...

Extremists who were targeted by FBI cheer Trump Maga pick to head agency

Experts warn if Kash Patel is confirmed the agency will ‘abandon any serious efforts to confront far-right groups’

Some extremists who were recently the targets of the FBI are applauding Donald Trump’s appointment of Maga loyalist Kash Patel as its new director, which experts are warning is a sign of an emboldened far right now seen as a diminishing existential threat inside the nation’s top law enforcement agency.

In what was a fraught and contentious Senate confirmation hearing last week, Patel, Trump’s pick to head the FBI, made a point to describe some of the racism he has faced in the US as the son of Indian Gujarati immigrants. Continue reading...