normal in Donald Trump's Washington, they believe.

And the man that Trump says he wants to put in Ray's stead, Cash Patel, perceived by many to be deeply dangerous.

Because he has indeed, as you note, no qualifications for this job.

Many of Trump's former aides said as much four years ago.

But Patel, I'm told, and I'm talking to people in the orbit the last couple

of days, there is no ideology. There's no agenda here other than retribution. Patel's one defining

characteristic is that he is simply loyal to Donald Trump. And even inner circle Trump members

of the last few years have been startled by Patel's willingness to

simply do whatever Trump was. Yeah, people I've talked to say this pick was a nod to the extreme

right-wing portions of Trump base, the Steve Bannon ultra-maga sector here who had been

disappointed by some of Trump's more conventional picks, like, say,

Treasury Secretary and Secretary of State. So this is Trump throwing them red meat because he knows

he needs to keep them happy. But there are others in Trump world deeply worried about this pick,

who feel like Patel is not only unqualified, but indeed dangerous, that Patel will never think twice, never hesitate in carrying

out whatever Trump wants, even if it means potentially, people say, breaking the law.

So there are real questions here, and we'll get into it as to whether or not Patel can be

confirmed. You know, much like Matt Gates, that pick seemed in trouble. This one seems hardly a

sure thing either, Joe Meek. But there are mechanisms where if he were to fire Ray, Patel could

step in an interim way for 200 or so odd days. That even, even that short sample size, even if he can't

get confirmed, would be enough to carry out some of Trump's agenda. Cash, I know you're probably going to be head of the CIA, but do you believe that you can

deliver the goods on this in a pretty short order of the first couple of months so we can

get rolling on on prosecutions?

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