United States: Trump appoints a loyalist, Kash Patel, to head the FBI

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he wanted to replace the current director of the American federal police, the FBI, with Kash Patel, a loyalist of the elected president known as a slayer of the supposed “deep state”.

“Kash is a brilliant jurist, investigator and fighter for America First, who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending justice and protecting the American people,” Donald Trump explained on his Truth Social network.

This announcement implies that the current head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Wray, appointed in 2017, will be fired or resign before the end of his ten-year term.

Author of a book on the “Deep State”

Under his leadership, the FBI investigated the former and future President of the United States. Kash Patel, the son of Indian migrants and author of a book on the “deep state”, held several senior positions during Donald Trump’s first term (2017-2021), including as national security advisor and chief of staff at the Pentagon.

“Kash has done an incredible job during my first term,” said Donald Trump, adding that Kash Patel would be tasked with “ending the growing epidemic of crime in America, dismantling criminal gangs and ending the evil scourge of human and drug trafficking across the border.

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 particular to “put an end to the passage of fentanyl and other illegal drugs across our southern border “.

According to the American authorities, fentanyl caused more than 70,000 overdose deaths in 2023.

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