Victor Davis Hanson: Kash Patel Shuts Down the Deep State’s Nerve Center

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Symbolically, the closure speaks volumes. Victor Davis Hanson walks us through the troubling legacy left behind at the FBI HQ on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, was the head of the Special Counsel's Office. Remember that? And he had the dream team—the all-stars, a hunter/killer team—with the Left. He was almost giddy about that they were gonna get Donald Trump on Russian collusion. “ That same office then gave us Christopher Wray. Why was he spying on parents at school board meetings? Why was he spying on what they called ‘radical-traditional Catholics’? Why did they go after abortion protesters, but not in the same way people who were protesting pro-life?” 0:00 Kash Patel Shuts Down the J. Edgar Hoover Building 0:17 The Controversial History of the FBI Headquarters 1:07 Kash Patel's Decision and Its Implications 2:17 The Mueller Investigation and Its Fallout 3:12 James Comey's Controversial Tenure 5:09 Christopher Wray and the FBI's Recent Actions 6:26 Closing Thoughts on the FBI's Washington Office 6:45 Conclusion 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Cash Patel is shutting down the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington.
0:34.8	Remember that this was not his original decision. It was the decision during the
0:38.7	Biden administration that this 50-year-old building was unsuitable, it was decrepit. Are we going to
0:43.7	lament the closure of that office and what it represents symbolic? I don't think so. Robert Mueller,
0:49.2	a former FBI director, was the head of the special counsel's office. Remember that? He's almost
0:54.1	giddy about that they were going to get Donald Trump on Russian collusion.
0:57.0	His successor was James Comey. We had Peter Stroke, Lisa Page. That same office gave us the successor to James Comey,
1:04.0	Interim Director Andrew McCabe. He was followed by Christopher Ray. He had the chief counsel, James A. Baker,
1:10.0	working with Twitter and Facebook
1:11.5	to suppress news of the laptop. 51 supposed intelligence authorities said that it was
1:17.1	Russian disinformation. Added all up, and I think it's been a very good but overdue thing
1:21.8	to close down that Washington office.
1:38.3	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal. Recently, Cash Patel, who's been on a lot of under fire by the left in a variety of ways,
1:43.8	the new FBI director.
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