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Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who briefly served as acting director after then-President Trump fired James Comey in 2017, panicked over the president-elect’s selection of veteran attorney and intelligence analyst Kash Patel to head up the bureau. McCabe, who currently works as a law enforcement analyst for CNN, fears that Patel will “dismantle” the agency, adding that the nomination is a “terrible development” for the FBI.
“Yeah, well, it’s a terrible development for the men and women of the FBI and also for the nation that depends on a highly functioning, professional, independent Federal Bureau of Investigation,” McCabe said when asked about the nomination on Saturday evening.
The notion that Patel is “unqualified” is highly questionable, as he has previously served as a senior advisor to the director of national intelligence (DNI) and spent time with the U.S. National Security Council. He also has an extensive legal career both as a public defender and as a federal prosecutor, where he worked primarily on nationals security cases.
Current FBI Director Christopher Wray only worked as assistant U.S. attorney general to the criminal division for less than two years under the Bush Administration before leaving government for private legal practice.
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