An Atlantic piece about Kash Patel’s ‘erratic activcities’ has stirre3d a hornets nest around his employment as FBI Director at the Trump White House….
Getting into a media fight probably won’t help the guy…..
We’ll see how this plays out….
White House officials are “openly discussing” who will be the next FBI director amid a bombshell report about current leader Kash Patel’s alleged excessive drinking and other concerning conduct.
Patel has threatened to sue The Atlantic after journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick’s report alleged the FBI director is deeply paranoid about being fired and often drinks to excess, alarming officials at the agency and beyond. Fitzpatrick responded that she stands “by every word of this reporting” and told MS NOW: “We have excellent attorneys.”
“People close to the director have said that he himself has expressed that he believes that he is about to be fired or that is imminent,” Fitzpatrick also told CNN Friday. “This is widely, widely discussed, I think, within Washington, behind closed doors. In fact, there are senior administration officials who are openly discussing who will be the next FBI director.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not directly address the firing claim but touted Patel’s leadership at the FBI, in a statement to The Independent.
“Under President Trump and Director Patel’s leadership at the FBI, crime across the country has plummeted to the lowest level in more than 100 years and many high profile criminals have been put behind bars,” Leavitt said. “Director Patel remains a critical player on the Administration’s law and order team.”….
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The Atlantic report, published Friday evening, claimed that Patel is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication at clubs in Washington, D.C. and his home city of Las Vegas, violating FBI conduct standards and potentially leaving the nation’s top law enforcement official vulnerable to coercion or exploitation.
The director’s drinking reportedly angered President Donald Trump, who is famously sober, and whose brother died from alcoholism-related health issues. Trump called Patel after the director was seen chugging beer with members of the victorious U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team to express his displeasure, according to the report….
Note…
The past month or so has seen several Trump bosses being relieved of their jobs for conduct ‘unbecoming’…..
image…White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt touted Patel’s leadership at the bureau following The Atlantic ’s report, which claimed the FBI director’s drinking has angered President Donald Trump(Social media)
Kash Patel Is Likely Next to Be Ousted
A top White House official tells Politico that FBI Director Kash Patel is likely the next Cabinet-level official to go.
Said the official: “It’s only a matter of time.”