What to Know About Kash Patel, Trump's Pick to Lead the FBI

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Entangled in Trump's legal woesPatel has played a role in several legal investigations into Trump.
34% : Patel has for years been a loyal ally to Trump, finding common cause over their shared skepticism of government surveillance and the "deep state" -- a pejorative catchall used by Trump to refer to government bureaucracy.
34% : Patel, who at the time of the riot was chief of staff to the then-acting defense secretary, testified that Trump had pre-emptively authorized 10,000 to 20,000 troops to deploy days before the attack.
28% : Earning some K$H:Shortly after Trump left office, Patel launched Fight with Kash, an organization that funds defamation lawsuits and peddles a wide variety of merchandise, including branded socks and other clothing with the "K$H" logo.
27% : Even as Trump was said to be considering more conventional picks for the job whose confirmation prospects were seen as more certain, some conservative backers of the president-elect actively boosted Patel's candidacy and disparaged other potential selections, including Mike Rogers, a former FBI agent and ex-Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee.
13% : He was part of a small group of supporters during Trump's recent criminal trial in New York who accompanied him to the courthouse, where he told reporters that Trump was the victim of an "unconstitutional circus.
10% : Patel has also authored children's books that lionize Trump -- "The Plot Against the King" features a thinly veiled Hillary Clinton as the villain going after "King Donald" while Kash plays a wizard who thwarts her plans.
6% : ""We're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections," Patel said, referring to the 2020 presidential election in which Biden, the Democratic challenger, defeated Trump.
4% : Former FBI Director James Comey, who was fired by Trump in May 2017, memorably recoiled when Trump asked him during a private dinner to pledge his loyalty to him.
1% : And Wray, who had no personal connection to Trump when he was picked to replace Comey, broke with Trump on different hot-button issues and served as FBI director during investigations into Trump that ultimately led to his indictment.

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