Patel would hollow out FBI and refocus it on revenge

By Barbara McQuade / For Bloomberg Opinion

FBI, as most Americans know, is short for Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to the agency’s official seal, the letters also stand for Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity.

One thing the letters don’t represent is vengeance.

But Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, seems prepared to use the nation’s premier law enforcement organization for just that.

Patel served in Trump’s first administration in various roles but has made his name mostly from his fierce loyalty to the 45th president. When Trump was accused of unlawfully retaining government documents after his presidency ended in 2021, Patel claimed to have witnessed Trump declassify them all.

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