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Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

Here's Why Trump's Pick for FBI Director, Kash Patel, is the Wrong Person for the Job

Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

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🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump has indicated he will nominate Kash Patel to be Director of the FBI. Glenn reviews some of the evidence that makes clear that Kash Patel is unqualified and the wrong person for the job. 

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0:00.0

It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MSNBC analyst Glenn Kirchner.

0:15.5

Donald Trump has chosen Cash Patel to be director of the FBI.

0:20.2

Glenn talks about that next on Justice Matters.

0:24.5

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0:59.4

Hey all, Glenn Kirshner here.

1:02.1

So friends, Donald Trump says that he wants Cash Patel to head up the FBI.

1:09.0

I mean, let's just look at some of the reporting about this character.

1:15.2

Let's start with the Associated Press.

1:17.9

Headline, what to know about Cash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI.

1:24.1

And that article begins, Cash Patel has called for radical changes at the FBI and was a fierce and vocal critic of the

1:32.3

Bureau's work as it investigated ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

1:40.3

Now, the steadfast Trump ally has been tapped to lead the federal law enforcement agency.

1:47.0

He's pushed to overhaul.

1:50.0

Patel has, for years, been a loyal ally to Trump, finding common cause over their shared skepticism

1:57.0

of government surveillance and the deep state, a pejorative catch-all used by Trump to

2:04.4

refer to government bureaucracy.

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