Trump names loyalist, Kash Patel, to lead FBI | US elections 2024

US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday appointed Kash Patel, a loyalist and slayer of the supposed “deep state”, to head the federal police, the FBI, an institution under fire from unprecedented attacks from conservatives.

This announcement from the Republican on his network Truth Social implies that the current boss of Federal Bureau of InvestigationChristopher Wray, appointed in 2017, either fired or resigns without waiting for the end of his ten-year mandate.

Under his leadership, the FBI became the target of fierce attacks from conservatives for investigating the former and future president of the United States, who himself was unsparing in his criticism.

Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator and America First fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending justice and protecting the American people.explained Donald Trump, affirming that the person concerned had does an incredible job during his first term (2017-2021).

Kash Patel, son of Indian migrants, had then held several positions of responsibility, notably as national security advisor and even chief of staff at the Pentagon.

A book on the “deep state”

Remaining fiercely loyal to the Republican billionaire, he wrote a book onDeep Statea widespread theory among the president-elect's supporters that government bureaucrats are working in the shadows against Donald Trump.

Christopher Wray was appointed to the FBI by the latter to succeed James Comey, who became his bête noire for having investigated his alleged links with Russia, accused of interference during his election in 2016.

But since then, the federal police investigation into the assault by Donald Trump supporters against the Capitol on January 6, 2021 has made it the target of unprecedented attacks and threats for this more than century-old rather conservative and until then always supported by the political class.

The movement was particularly fueled by the search of Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in 2022, where federal police seized documents top secret.

In a statement to CNN, the FBI simply reacted to the appointment of Kash Patel by indicating that its current director continued to focus its attention about the men and women of the FBI and the people they serve [la police] work.

Donald Trump added that Mr. Patel would have the task of end America's growing crime epidemic, dismantle criminal gangs, and end the evil scourge of human and drug trafficking across the border.

Mr. Trump, who campaigned in 2016 promising to build a wall along the Mexican border, hammered out violent rhetoric toward migrants throughout the presidential campaign.

Last Monday, he made an impression by confirming his desire to sharply increase customs duties on products coming from Mexico and Canada.

He promised to maintain this surcharge until drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal immigrants stop this invasion.

Fentanyl is the cause of a serious health crisis in the United States, where this opioid has caused more than 70,000 overdose deaths according to the authorities in 2023.

Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on January 20, has also appointed Chad Chronister, a sheriff stationed in Florida, to lead the federal anti-drug agency, in order to stop the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs across our southern border.