‘Let the good police officers be cops’: Trump’s director of the FBI -a Kash Patel takes the reins

After it is Confirmed by the US SenateThe new director of FBI, President Donald Trump, Kash Patel, does not spend time taking up the reins at the main investigative agency in the country, which has been interfered with by recent scandals and disintegration in confidence.
Even before he swore to start his 10 -year term later afternoon, Patel will spend the day with a meeting with his new staff in FBI -s’s J. Edgar Hoover building.
Patel said earlier that he would close the FBI building on the first day. Although there is no indication that Patel plans to do so today, it is expected to make some changes. They include moving agents and other employees on the field and work on the training of transparency between the agency and the public.
In his first Fox News statement after confirmation, Patel said his mission was clear: “Let good police officers be police officers and renew trust in the FBI.”
File – Kash Patel, election of President Donald Trump to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Justice Committee at a certificate hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Patel was confirmed on Thursday afternoon in a narrow 51-49 vote in Senate. He faced the distrustful opposition of Democrats who accused him of wanting to reform the FBI for political interests.
However, agents with numbers expressed fox to agree that the change needed, but many are waiting to see how much the patel will go.
FBI under the management of Biden The leadership has faced repeated scandals in the last four years.
Among them was when former FBI director Christopher Wray faced a return shot in the middle of an attempt to assassination against Trump when he appeared before the Judicial Committee of the House of Justice and doubted whether the president had hit a bullet or just shrapnel.
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FBI director Christopher Wray was questioned on Wednesday about a questionnaire who asked the FBI employees if they support Donald Trump. (Chris Kleponis / AFP)
In January 2023, conservative legislators strayed an internal Memorandum of the FBI from the Richmond field office called “The interest of racial or ethnically motivated violent extremists in radical-trading Catholic ideology almost certainly represents new alleviation options.”
Memo has identified “Catholic radical-tradingistist[s]”As a potential” racial or ethnically motivated violent extremist “and said that” racial or ethnically motivated violent extremists (RMVE) in radical-tradionalist Catholic (RTC) ideology almost certainly provides opportunities to alleviate threats through exploration of new Aveni for Tripwire and source development. “
Incoming and FBI parents also strongly criticized parents throughout the country in 2021 when Merrick Garland lawyer He published a letter directing the FBI to use tools for the fight against terrorism related to parents who speak at meetings of the school committee against questions related to transgender persons and teachers of the theory of critical race.
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Senator Josh Hawley, R-m., (Left), entered a tense exchange with FBI Director Christopher Wray (right) due to the infamous anti-Catholic Memorandum of the FBI during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Speaking at CPAC on Thursday night, Elon Musk said he hoped Patel would reach the bottom of the assassination attempt, earning fans from the crowd.
After being confirmed, Patel said that “the politicization of our judicial system has disturbed the public confidence – but that ends today.”
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“The US people deserve a FBI who is transparent, responsible and dedicated to justice,” Patel said. “Working together with dedicated men and women’s offices and our partners, we will renew the FBI to which the American people can be proud of. And to those who want to harm the Americans – they consider their warning. We will hunt you in every corner of this planet in every corner.
Patel Will oath as the ninth director of the FBI Outside the Hoover building on Friday at 4 pm. Vice President JD Vance It is expected to be present for the oath ceremony.
Fox News Digital Politics journalist Emma Colton contributed to this report.