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.

Prince Philip WAS Named in Top-secret FBI Documents about the Profumo Affair in the Early 1960s

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY: His role in one of the most notorious scandals of the 20th century has long been a source of speculation.

Now the Mail on Sunday can reveal that Prince Philip was named in top-secret FBIdocuments about the Profumo affair in the early 1960s.

The papers show the FBI had been told the Duke of Edinburgh was personally 'involved' with Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, the two women at the centre of the sex scandal that brought down the government.

Files from the US Department of Justice show the crucial memo was written by J Edgar Hoover, then director of the FBI – and it can be revealed after a five-year quest by the MoS seeking relevant documents under American freedom of information laws.

At the heart of the scandal was the married secretary of state for war John Profumo, who had denied in the Commons in March 1963 that he had a sexual relationship with teenage showgirl Keeler. He was forced to resign months later when proof of the affair became public. » |Chris Hastings for The Mail On Sunday | Sunday, July 21, 2024

Trump Suggests He Would Use FBI to Go After Political Rivals If Elected in 2024

GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL: Trump said: ‘If I happen to be president and I see somebody doing well and beating me very badly, I say go down and indict them’

Donald Trump has suggested he would use the FBI and justice department to go after political rivals should he return to the White House next year in a move which will further stoke fears of what a second period of office for Trump could mean.

Trump made the comments during an interview with the Spanish-language television network Univision. The host Enrique Acevedo asked him about his flood of legal problems saying: “You say they’ve weaponized the justice department, they weaponized the FBI. Would you do the same if you’re re-elected?”

“They’ve already done it, but if they want to follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse,” Trump replied. “They’ve released the genie out of the box.

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Prosecuting political rivals is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes and Trump’s remarks are the most candid public revelations so far of the anti-democratic power he would bring to a second term as president. » | Sam Levine | Friday, November 10, 2023

FBI Warned Prominent US Sikhs of Threats after Murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada

GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL: Revelation comes days after prime minister Justin Trudeau blamed the assassination of the Sikh activist on the Indian government

Members of the Sikh community protest the visit of India's prime minister Narendra Modi to the White House in June. The FBI warned some American Sikhs that there lives could be in danger after the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images
The FBI warned at least three Americans active in the Sikh community that their lives were in danger in the immediate aftermath of the murder of a Sikh activist in Canada last June.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has blamed the apparent assassination on the Indian government, as assessment that has reportedly been backed by Canadian and US intelligence sources and has created a rupture in Ottawa’s relationship with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government.

The shocking accusation that India carried out an extrajudicial murder on Canadian soil – an allegation that has been denied by India – has prompted a re-examination of threats against Sikh separatists around the world, as well as Sikh activists’ claims of suspicious deaths in the UK and Pakistan in the weeks before the murder. » | Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington | Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Trump's "Call to Violence" Against FBI as He Faces Espionage Act Charges Is "Replay" of Jan. 6 Riot

Aug 15, 2022 A search warrant made public on Friday reveals the FBI is investigating former President Donald Trump for three federal crimes, including violating the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records, after removing top-secret documents when they raided former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last week. Meanwhile, Trump is calling the investigation a hoax, and Republican threats are growing against the FBI. We speak with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law, who calls Trump's reaction to the FBI search a "call to violence," setting the stage for a "replay" of January 6. "We really need to try to understand what former President Trump intended to do with this material" despite the backlash, says Greenberg.

The Lincoln Project : Nowhere to Hide

Aug 9, 2022 Someone's in bigly trouble.

What Now for Donald Trump - as His Home Is Raided by FBI?

Aug 9, 2022 Donald Trump was on one of his golf courses in New York when he heard news that the FBI had descended on his lavish Florida home.

The backlash was instant. The former president instantly blamed the Democratic Party, saying they didn't want him to run for the White House again in 2024.

And while Trump's hardcore base were incandescent with anger, his allies in congress threatened retribution against the bureau.


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FBI Searches Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home and Seizes Documents

THE GUARDIAN: Sources say the Monday morning search was part of an inquiry into missing White House records after Trump’s presidency

Federal investigators have seized documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two sources familiar with the matter, the latest indication of a sharply intensifying criminal investigation by the US justice department into his affairs.

The FBI executed a search warrant at around 9am Monday morning at Trump’s residence, the sources said, as part of an ongoing investigation examining the former president’s potentially unlawful removal and destruction of White House records after he left office last year.

The move by the Justice Department to search Mar-a-Lago over the removal of 15 boxes of presidential records from the White House, including classified documents, as well as the destruction of other materials, marks a dramatic escalation in the inquiry.

“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said in a bitter statement on Monday evening, adding: “They even broke into my safe!” » | Hugo Lowell in New York | Tuesday, August 9, 2022


Donald Trump annonce que sa résidence en Floride a été « perquisitionnée » par le FBI : Le ministère de la justice n’a, pour l’heure, pas communiqué sur le sujet. L’ancien président s’est indigné dans un communiqué : « Ils ont même forcé mon coffre-fort ! » Il n’était pas sur place durant l’intervention. »

FBI Accidentally Leaked Information on Saudi Arabia's Role In 9/11

Via America's Lawyer: FBI documents reveal Saudi embassy official Mussaed Ahmed al-Jarrah as a conspirator behind the 9/11 attacks. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss.