'Absolute Madness': Fmr. FBI Official Reacts to Firing of Agent over Gay Pride Flag

Oct 3, 2025 | FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Nicolle Wallace sits down with MSNBC Senior Investigative Correspondent Carol Leonnig, Former FBI agent Michael Feinberg and Media Matters President Angelo Carusone to discuss the gutting of one of the nation's premiere law enforcement offices.


ADVOCATE: Angry Democratic lawmakers slam ‘despicable’ Kash Patel for firing FBI agent over LGBTQ+ Pride flag: The FBI director terminated the agent for having the flag at his desk during the Biden administration. »

FBI Cuts Ties with SPLC & ADL as DOJ Pulls White Supremacy Report | Trump’s Extremism Agenda

Oct 4, 2025 | In a stunning shift, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the bureau is cutting ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League—two groups that for decades partnered with federal law enforcement to track domestic extremism and hate crimes. At the same time, the Department of Justice quietly removed a study showing white supremacist violence outpaces all other forms of extremism in the U.S.

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IHIP News: Did Trump's FBI Fake These Texts from Kirk's Killer? MAGA Calls Him Out

Sep 17, 2025 | People from both sides of the isle are suspecting the FBI is not being truthful about Charlie Kirk's murder.


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FBI Director Kash Patel Says ‘No Credible Information’ Epstein Trafficked Victims to Others

Sep 16, 2025 | FBI Director Kash Patel testified in a Senate hearing on Tuesday that investigators have uncovered “no credible information” that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein trafficked underage girls to anyone besides himself, a response unlikely to satisfy many in the MAGA movement, where speculation about Epstein’s connections to powerful figures has become a constant rallying cry.

“There is no credible information—none,” Patel said under questioning from Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican. “If there were, I would bring the case yesterday that he trafficked to other individuals.”

Kash Patel Dog-Whistles to White Power Terrorists w/ Stupid Valhalla Comment

Sep 14, 2025 | Jesse talks about Kash Patel's remark about Valhalla during the press conference covering the investigation of Charlie Kirk's murder. Many chalk the remark up to being clumsy and overwrought fake emotion, but there is a far more sinister origin among conservative and white supremacist circles regarding Norse symbology and iconography. Kash Patel said, “Lastly, to my friend Charlie Kirk, rest now, brother. We have the watch, and I’ll see you in Valhalla.”

Kash Patel, le directeur du FBI dans la tourmente après le meurtre de Charlie Kirk

LE FIGARO : Le patron de la police fédérale américaine doit s’expliquer devant le Congrès cette semaine après sa gestion controversée de l’enquête sur l’assassinat du militant conservateur. Entre communication hasardeuse et fronde au sein du mouvement MAGA, son autorité vacille.

Il devait incarner le renouveau trumpiste du FBI. Il pourrait devenir son premier échec majeur. Kash Patel, directeur de la police fédérale depuis janvier, comparaît mardi devant la commission judiciaire du Sénat, puis mercredi à la Chambre des représentants, pour ce qui s’annonce comme un examen de rattrapage sur ses compétences après l’assassinat de l’influenceur conservateur Charlie Kirk, le 10 septembre à l’Université de la vallée de l’Utah. » | Par Ségolène Forgar | mardi 16 September 2025

Trump Takes Revenge on Bolton with FBI Raid - This Is Just the Beginning

Aug 22, 2025 | Trump is making the first major move in his long anticipated purge. He has been intensely driven by revenge all along and now he is beginning to satisfy that urge. In this video I explain how this is likely just the beginning of what he hopes to turn into a rein of terror against his opponents.

FBI Raids Home of John Bolton, Trump’s Ex-National Security Adviser

THE GUARDIAN: Bolton’s home reportedly part of investigation into classified documents as FBI director warns ‘no one is above law’

The FBI raided the home of Donald Trump’s former national security adviser turned critic John Bolton on Friday morning.

The federal search of Bolton’s house in the Washington DC area was part of an investigation involving the handling of classified documents, the Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

A government source confirmed the raid to the Guardian, but did not disclose further details.

The FBI director, Kash Patel, posted a cryptic message on X on Friday morning, saying: “NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission.”

JD Vance, the US vice-president, reposted Patel’s message, as did Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI. Bongino added: “Public corruption will not be tolerated.”

No details have been released of any allegations underlying the federal court warrant that would have been needed to conduct such a search. » | Adam Gabbatt and agency | Friday, August 22, 2025

Thom Hartmann: Trump Turned the FBI into a Weapon & You Are in the Crosshairs!

Mar 14, 2025 | What happens when one of America's most trusted institutions is turned against our own people?

'If You Seek to Hide...We Will Find You...': Kash Patel's Fiery First Speech as FBI Director

Feb 22, 2025 | Kash Patel took oath as the ninth director of the FBI on the Bhagavad Gita and spoke about how a first-generation Indian kid is living the American dream, reflecting on his heritage. The US Senate voted 51 to 49 to confirm Patel on Thursday. Patel's family members and girlfriend were present during the oath ceremony on Friday. The oath ceremony was administered by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus. She asked Patel to place his hand on the Gita and raise his right hand to take the oath. "I am living the American dream. Anyone who thinks the American dream is dead, just look right here. You're talking to a first-generation Indian kid who's about to lead the law enforcement community, the greatest nation on God's green earth. That can't happen anywhere else," Patel, 44, said. New York-born Patel has his roots in Gujarat. However, his parents are from East Africa - his mother is from Tanzania and his father is from Uganda. They came to the US from Canada in 1970.

New FBI Director Kash Patel Pledged to Fire Top Agency Personnel Who Investigated Trump

Feb 23, 2025 | Kash Patel, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in January, was widely considered one of Trump's most vulnerable nominees, facing questions about his previous criticism of the FBI's investigation into the Trump-Russia scandal, which involved allegations that Trump's 2016 presidential campaign coordinated with Moscow's efforts to interfere in the election, with special counsel Robert Mueller's probe later finding no collusion. In addition, Patel pledged to fire top agency personnel who investigated Trump during his first term and after.

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Nicolle Wallace: Kash Patel 'Tells the Whole Story of How Different This Presidency Promises to Be'

Feb 20, 2025 | Founder of Democracy Docket Marc Elias and New York Times Investigative Reporter Mike Schmidt join Nicolle Wallace to discuss Kash Patel’s confirmation as FBI director despite all of the questions over his qualifications and his extreme loyalty to President Donald Trump.

"Smash and Grab Robbery:" Sen. Whitehouse Warns of Trump and Musk's Looting of Federal Government

Feb 20, 2025 | February 20 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins CNN News Central to discuss the nomination of Kash Patel to lead the FBI, the Republican budget plan, and Trump's comments that he is a "King."

Clown Show! Kash Patel Humiliated in FBI Director Hearing

Jan 31, 2025 | Kash Patel’s FBI Director confirmation hearing was an absolute TRAINWRECK. Watch the most cringe-worthy and shocking moments.

Trump Administration Shocks Senior F.B.I. Ranks by Moving to Replace Them

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Top officials have been told to retire or be fired in the coming days, fueling fear within an agency that has been a target of President Trump and Kash Patel, his nominee to be F.B.I. director.

A handful of senior F.B.I. employees have been told to resign in a matter of days or be fired, as the Trump administration moves to shake up the agency’s upper ranks, according to people familiar with the discussions.

The steps came as Kash Patel, the president’s nominee to lead the agency, sought to assure lawmakers during a contentious, hourslong Senate confirmation hearing that he would not begin a campaign of retribution or look backward by pursuing perceived rivals. It is unclear whether he was informed of the decisions, which were disclosed on the condition of anonymity to describe personnel matters.

The employees given the apparent ultimatum had been promoted under Christopher A. Wray, who stepped down as F.B.I. director this month.

In an email to colleagues, one of the senior agents said he had learned he would be dismissed “from the rolls of the F.B.I.” as soon as Monday morning. » | Adam Goldman and Devlin Barrett | Reporting from Washington | Thursday, January 30, 2025

Kash Patel Asked Point Blank: Do You Plan to Investigate James Comey?

Jan 30, 2025 | At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) questioned Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director.

Durbin Says Patel Lacks the Experience, Temperament and Judgment to Lead the FBI

Jan 30, 2025 | Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., used his opening statement to voice his concerns about Kash Patel is he were confirmed to lead the FBI. Durbin said Patel, "traffics in debunked conspiracy theories," and voiced his concerns about his past statements about the "Deep State."

Dick Durbin Drops the Hammer on Kash Patel over His Comments about Police Officers, January 6

Jan 22, 2025 | During remarks on the Senate floor, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) explained his opposition to President Trump's nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel.

Patel Questioned on Shutting Down FBI HQ

Jan 30, 2025 | During Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing to be FBI Director, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) pressed him on statements he made about turning the FBI headquarters into a deep state museum

What Kash Patel Has In Common with J. Edgar Hoover

Dec 15, 2024 | FBI Director Christopher Wray has broken a norm and announced he will resign long before his 10-year term ends to accommodate Donald Trump’s wish to choose Kash Patel as his new FBI Director. This comes after Trump abruptly fired James Comey in 2017 to replace him with Wray. Now, Kash Patel is promising to turn the FBI into exactly what he accuses it of. He claims the FBI is a partisan, political organization that goes after its enemies, yet he’s promising that this is exactly what it will be if he gets confirmed. MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin is joined by former U.S. Attorney’s Barbara McQuade and Harry Litman to discuss the threat Patel poses and what J. Edgar Hoover’s infamous reign at the FBI can teach us.