Even Trump Loyalists Are Scared Of Kash Patel

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🗓️ 5 December 2024

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During his first administration, Donald Trump tried naming Kash Patel as deputy director of the FBI, but members of the administration pushed back. Now with the second administration filled with loyalists, Trump has named Patel as his pick for FBI director. What does Trump see in this guy? Guest: Elaina Plott Calabro, staff writer at The Atlantic. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond’s yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond’s YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.8	if over If over the weekend, you heard that Cash Patel was the guy Donald Trump wants to lead the FBI,
1:21.3	and you thought, hold it, who is Cash Patel? Don't worry. You're not alone.
1:29.6	Elena Plot Calabro spent a lot of time this summer, tracking down old friends and colleagues
1:35.1	of Patels for a profile in the Atlantic.
1:38.6	When I asked her how her sources responded when they picked up the phone, she said this.
1:44.7	A lot of people are sort of surprised, just because, as I kind of noted my piece, a lot of
1:50.0	the American public is pretty unaware of who he is or was until, you know, a few days
1:55.4	ago.
1:56.1	So they're like, you want to know about that guy?
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