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Indian-American Kash Patel, FBI Chief In Trump 2.0, Joins X, Elon Musk Reacts

admin — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:32:45 +0000

Indian-American Kashyap “Kash” Patel, who has been nominated as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director by US President-elect Donald Trump, on Sunday joined social media platform X, which was previously known as Twitter.

“Hello X,” he said in his first post, which has so far received more than seven million views and 24,000 comments.

Hello @X

— Kash Patel (@Kash_Patel) December 1, 2024

Billionaire and X owner Elon Musk, who has been named Trump’s government efficiency chief in the incoming US administration, also congratulated Patel on being nominated to run the FBI.

Congratulations on being nominated to run the @FBI!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 1, 2024

Kash Patel, a former Republican House staffer and a fierce critic of the FBI, was followed by more than three lakh people within hours of joining the social media platform.

He was born in New York in 1980 to parents of Gujarati descent who emigrated from East Africa. Patel completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond before returning to New York to earn his law degree and a certificate in International Law from the University College London Faculty of Laws in the United Kingdom.

After earning his law degree, the 44-year-old worked as a public defender in Florida, representing clients in state and federal courts. He later joined the Department of Justice as a prosecutor, handling high-profile international terrorism cases across East Africa and the United States.

He frequently appeared on the campaign trail to rally support for Donald Trump in his presidential bid against Democrat Kamala Harris.

During Trump’s first term, he advised both the director of national intelligence and the defense secretary.

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Who Is Indian-American Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s Pick To Head FBI

admin — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 01:29:41 +0000

US President-elect Donald Trump nominated his loyalist Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday. Making the announcement, the 78-year-old President-elect called Mr Patel an “America First fighter”.

Here are top 10 points on Kash Patel:

Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel was born in New York in 1980 to Gujarati parents, who he said grew up in East Africa. He graduated from Garden City High School in Long Island.
According to his Department of Defense profile, Mr Patel completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond before returning to New York to earn his law degree and a certificate in International Law from the University College London Faculty of Laws in the United Kingdom.

Raised as a Hindu, Mr Patel said that he always had a “very deep” connection with India.
Mr Patel began his career as a public defender, trying scores of complex cases ranging from murder to narco-trafficking, to complex financial crimes in jury trials in state and federal courts.
He served as the former Chief of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller.
He has worked as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism (CT) at the National Security Council (NSC). During this time, Mr Patel oversaw the execution of several of the-then US President Donald Trump’s top priorities, including eliminating ISIS and Al-Qaeda leadership, and the safe repatriation of numerous American hostages.
Kash Patel emerged as a controversial figure during Trump’s first term in the White House. He was instrumental in leading House Republicans’ probe into the FBI’s 2016 investigation into contacts between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia during 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 told investigators that she was concerned that Mr Patel was secretly serving as a back channel between Trump and Ukraine without authorisation, reported news agency Reuters. However, Mr Patel had denied the allegations.

After Trump left office in January 2021, Mr Patel was one of several people the former President designated as a representative for access to his presidential records.
Mr Patel has also served as the National Security Advisor and Senior Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).

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Who Is Kashyap 'Kash' Patel, Donald Trump's Likely Pick For CIA Chief

admin — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:23:29 +0000

Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel is of Gujarati ancestry and has said that his parents grew up in East Africa. According to The Atlantic, his father fled Uganda, ruled by Idi Amin, in the 1970s and moved to the US.
Mr Patel was born and raised in Garden City, New York in 1980. Raised Hindu, his senior-yearbook quote was by Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel: “Racism is man’s gravest threat – the maximum of hatred for a minimum reason.”
According to his Department of Defense profile, Mr Patel completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond before returning to New York to earn his law degree, along with a Certificate in International Law from University College London Faculty of Laws in the UK.
The 44-year-old served as the former Chief of Staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller. Before that, as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, he executed several of then-President Donald Trump’s top priorities, including eliminating ISIS and al-Qaeda leadership like al-Baghdadi and Qasem al-Rimi, and the repatriation of many American hostages.
He had also served as the National Security Advisor and Senior Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he spearheaded the investigation into the Russian active measures campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Having begun his career as a public defender, he tried many complex cases, including those related to murder, narco-trafficking and financial crimes in state and federal courts.
The Atlantic report describes Mr Patel as the man “who will do anything for Trump”, who is now the president-elect after pulling off a remarkable victory in the just-concluded elections.
The report says Mr Patel joined the then-Trump administration in 2019 as a 40-year-old lawyer and rose up the ranks rapidly.
Trump also, the report said, planned to name Patel the deputy director of the CIA in the final weeks of his administration, but faced pushback.
At a gala of young Republicans last year, Trump had a message for Mr Patel: “Get ready, Kash. Get ready”.

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