Kash Patel, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the FBI, has promised to declassify the so-called “Didi list” and the infamous Epstein files once he takes office. Speaking on a podcast, Mr Trump’s Indian American loyalists, who share the president-elect’s suspicion towards the FBI and the intelligence community, said he was trying to restore trust in federal agencies by exposing decades of alleged corruption. Are committed.
During a conversation on the “Benny Johnson” podcast, Mr. Patel said that “confidence in our agencies and departments” can only be restored “by telling the American people the truth.”
“And that’s what they feared about Donald Trump. He’s going to come in there and probably give them the Epstein list, and maybe give them the P. Diddy list, you know, maybe he’s going to come in there and do all these things, and they’re scared,” he said
The term “Diddy List” refers to the names of public figures accused of being associated with rapper Diddy’s alleged “freak-off” parties, where sexual misconduct and grooming allegedly took place.
By choosing Kash Patel to lead the United States’ premier federal law enforcement agency, the incoming US President signaled his intention to overhaul the intelligence agency he has long criticized.
However, Mr Patel may face an uphill battle to get Senate confirmation to assume his appointed role, not only for his loyalty to Mr Trump, but also for his beliefs – which have been highlighted in interviews and his Was revealed in his book.
Time and again, MAGA (Make America Great Again) loyalists have said that the century-old Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should be overhauled. Kash Patel has proposed closing the FBI’s Washington headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover Building and dispersing its staff across the country.
“I would close the FBI Hoover Building the first day and reopen it as a museum of the deep state the next day,” Patel said in a September interview on the “Sean Kelly Show.”
He continued, “Then, I will take the 7,000 employees who work in that building and send them across America to pursue criminals. Go become police. You are police – go become police.”
According to a report by the Associated Press (AP), the first FBI employees moved into the current Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters 50 years ago. Since then, the building reportedly housed many supervisors and leaders who made decisions affecting offices at home and abroad.
The AP report said Mr. Patel’s plan to close the building entirely would require legal, logistical and bureaucratic hurdles and that the plan may reflect rhetoric more than practical ambition.
In a book last year titled, “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy,” he advocated moving headquarters out of Washington to prevent institutional capture and preventing FBI leadership from getting involved. A more modest improvement was proposed. In political gamesmanship.”
As it happens, the long-term fate of the iconic building remains changeable regardless of the leadership change. The General Services Administration reportedly chose Greenbelt in Maryland last year as the site for a new headquarters. However, current FBI Director Christopher Wray has raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in the site selection process.
Mr. Patel has also been a staunch critic of the FBI’s use of its surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and in his “Sean Kelly Show” interview, he called for “big, major reforms.” Ton.”
