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Kash Patel | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| Assumed office February 21, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Dan Bongino |
| Preceded by | Christopher A. Wray |
| Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | |
| Assumed office February 24, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Marvin G. Richardson |
| Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense | |
| In office November 29, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Secretary of Defense | Christopher C. Miller |
| Preceded by | Jennifer M. Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Kelly Magsamen |
| Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence | |
| In office February 20, 2020 – May 13, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Andrew P. Hallman |
| Succeeded by | Neil Wiley |
| Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism | |
| In office October 3, 2019 – February 20, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Christopher C. Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 25, 1980 Garden City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Domestic partner | Alexis Wilkins[3] |
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Kashyap Pramod Vinod "Kash" Patel[1][2] (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor serving as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a National Security Council official, chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense, and senior advisor to the acting director of national intelligence during Donald Trump's first presidency.
Patel was appointed senior counsel on counterterrorism for the House Intelligence Committee in 2017 and senior director of the Counterterrorism Directorate at the National Security Council in 2019. He worked as a senior aide to Congressman Devin Nunes during his tenure as chair of the House Intelligence Committee. While working with Nunes, Patel played a key role in helping Republicans in the investigations into Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election. In 2018, Patel was instrumental in drafting the Nunes memo, which alleged falsification in the FBI application for a surveillance warrant of a Trump 2016 campaign aide. Patel is the first Indian American and Hindu American to lead the FBI.[4]
Patel has promoted several conspiracy theories,[a] including the deep state theory. He has sold branded merchandise under the logotype "K$H". He is president and a board member of the Kash Foundation, based in Alexandria, Virginia, and owns the consulting firm Trishul.[5]
- ^ a b "Who is Kash Patel, the Trump loyalist tapped to run the FBI?". Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
What do we know about Kash Patel? Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel, commonly known as Kash, was born in the city of New York, a child of immigrant parents originally from the Indian state of Gujarat.
- ^ a b "Kashyap Patel, The Florida Bar Member Profile". The Florida bar. April 20, 2006. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
The Florida Bar Member profile Name: Kashyap Pramod Patel Admitted: 04/20/2006 Elected status: Inactive
- ^ Saihaj Madan (February 22, 2025). "Kash Patel Becomes FBI Director: Meet The Girlfriend By His Side, Singer Alexis Wilkins". Times Now.
- ^ "Indian-origin Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Chief: Is he Hindu?". Times of India. February 21, 2025.
- ^ Beitsch, Rebecca (February 4, 2025). "Patel scrutinized over past work for Qatar". The Hill.
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