Trump's FBI director pick Kash Patel sends shockwaves through DC

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : Trump revealed his pick on Saturday on his social media platform Truth Social , describing Patel as 'a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and "American First" fighter.'
61% : Then Hagerty attributed Biden's win over Trump to the FBI and Big Tech. '
52% : White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (Pictured) is defendening the merits of an independent FBI, amid fears Trump would use the agency as part of his public call for 'retribution' against political enemies.
42% : He played a pivotal role in uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, standing as an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution,' Trump wrote. '
40% : Getting behind the nomination Sunday was Sen. Bill Hagerty, the former ambassador to Japan under Trump.
38% : Patel has accompanied Trump during his legal defenses, testified before a grand jury in the classified documents case, has taken up the cause of January 6 defendants, and wrote a children's book 'The Plot Against the King' that was an allegory about 'deep state' villains.
36% : McCabe, who backed the Russian interference investigation into Trump, claimed that Patel - a Trump loyalist - would use the FBI to further the president-elect's political agenda and crackdown on his enemies.
32% : Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) called Patel a 'very strong nominee,' telling CBS 'Face the Nation' he should come in and 'clean out the corrupted partisans.'
27% : Said CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem, 'The only reason why Trump would have done this pick is for his retribution campaign.
26% : As he announced Patel for the top intelligence job, Trump praised the MAGA loyalist as a 'fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People.' '
18% : He said agents 'conspired' to keep Trump out of office, telling NBC's 'Meet the Press' efforts to suppress reports about the Hunter Biden laptop allowed President Biden to 'fool the American public.''This entire agency needs to be cleaned out.
17% : His rant on CNN went viral as people were stunned by the apparent hypocrisy in his criticism of Patel, while he has previously made wild claims that Trump was a Russian 'asset.'Trump said on Saturday he wanted Patel, a former National Security official and loyalist, to lead the FBI, signaling an intent to drive out the bureau's current director, Christopher Wray.
12% : Wray serves a 10-year term, so putting in an ultra-loyalist like Patel would require firing him, just as Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey during his first term.

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