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FBI is a 'circus' under Kash Patel, says damning report



A 115-page report compiled from interviews with dozens of current and former
FBI agents found that FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino
have turned the agency into a ‘circus,’ with agents describing the two men as
clowns more obsessed with their personal image and posting to social media than
they are with running the law enforcement agency.

The report, which was prepared for the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
and obtained by the New York Post, found that agents believe Patel is "in over
his head" and that he "has neither the breadth of experience nor the bearing an
FBI director needs to be successful.” Agents also described Bongino as
"something of a clown" and said both men are "too often concerned with building
(their own) personal resumes" than they are with leading the agency.




 



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In all, the report says that Patel and Bongino have turned the FBI into
“rudderless ship,” and that as a result the bureau is “all f'd up.” Allegedly,
the two men’s obsession with punishing anyone deemed insufficiently loyal to
Trump has created a “culture of mistrust and uncertainty among the ranks.”

The report gives specific examples of the two mens' buffoonery.



For example, agents say Patel and Bongino's politicization of the FBI has left
morale in the toilet, and that there is no money to investigate gang and
violent crime through new task forces.

It also describes an alleged incident following the September murder of
right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in which Patel refused to exit a plane for a
news conference until he was given an FBI jacket that fit him. In the end,
Patel was reportedly given a female officer's jacket, which he demanded be
adorned with FBI patches before he would go to the news conference. And then
once at the news conference, he allegedly left agents aghast when he took
personal credit for the investigation into Kirk's death.




 



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GThe report comes at a perilous time for Patel.

In September, there were reports that the White House was making contingency
plans to replace Patel after he botched the Kirk investigation.

Patel has also been forced to defend his use of a private FBI jet to visit his
girlfriend and attend extravagant events—actions that have led agents to give
him the pejorative nickname the "Make-a-Wish Director,” referencing the charity
that gives elaborate trips to children who are sick or dying.

And MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) reported before the Thanksgiving holiday that
Patel's days as FBI chief may be numbered as President Donald Trump is growing
tired of the negative headlines Patel has generated, though White House press
secretary Karoline Leavitt said the report was "made up."

Democrats blasted Patel after the report became public.

“I don’t mind that FBI Director Kash Patel had to wear a women’s (size
medium) jacket to cosplay as someone in charge. I just wish he’d focus on
stopping the rampant domestic terrorism happening on his watch,” Rep. Eric
Swalwell, Democrat of California, wrote in a post on X.



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