US President-elect Donald Trump nominated his loyalist Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel to move the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday. Making the announcement, the 78-year-old President-elect referred to as Mr Patel an “America First fighter”.
Here are high 10 factors on Kash Patel:
- Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel was born in New York in 1980 to Gujarati mother and father, who he stated grew up in East Africa. He graduated from Garden City High School in Long Island.
- According to his Department of Defense profile, Mr Patel accomplished his undergraduate research on the University of Richmond earlier than returning to New York to earn his regulation diploma and a certificates in International Law from the University College London Faculty of Laws within the United Kingdom.
- Raised as a Hindu, Mr Patel stated that he at all times had a “very deep” reference to India.
- Mr Patel started his profession as a public defender, attempting scores of advanced instances starting from homicide to narco-trafficking, to advanced monetary crimes in jury trials in state and federal courts.
- He served as the previous Chief of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller.
- He has labored because the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism (CT) on the National Security Council (NSC). During this time, Mr Patel oversaw the execution of a number of of the-then US President Donald Trump’s high priorities, together with eliminating ISIS and Al-Qaeda management, and the secure repatriation of quite a few American hostages.
- Kash Patel emerged as a controversial determine throughout Trump’s first time period within the White House. He was instrumental in main House Republicans’ probe into the FBI’s 2016 investigation into contacts between Trump’s 2016 marketing campaign and Russia throughout his stint as an aide to former House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes.
- During Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, former National Security Council official Fiona Hill had informed investigators that she was involved that Mr Patel was secretly serving as a again channel between Trump and Ukraine with out authorisation, reported information company Reuters. However, Mr Patel had denied the allegations.
- After Trump left workplace in January 2021, Mr Patel was one in every of a number of folks the previous President designated as a consultant for entry to his presidential data.
- Mr Patel has additionally served because the National Security Advisor and Senior Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).