Former FBI Leader Blasts Nomination Of Kash Patel As Part Of Trump’s Plan To “Dismantle, Disrupt” The FBI

“It’s a terrible development for the men and women of the FBI and also for the nation that depends on a highly functioning, professional, independent Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fact that Kash Patel is profoundly unqualified for this job is not even like a matter for debate.

“So I think what we should really be thinking about right now is what does this signal in terms of Donald Trump’s intent for the FBI. The installation or the nomination, I guess we should say, at this point of Kash Patel, the FBI director, can only possibly be a plan to disrupt, to dismantle, to distract the FBI, and to possibly use it as a tool for the president’s political agenda.

“As an organization, we know what that looks like. This country has been there before, right? The pre Watergate FBI, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI, struck fear in the hearts of Americans across the spectrum of politicians, people in entertainment, people in the civil rights community.

“Because the director operated at the direction of presidents to collect political intelligence and to utilize the legal authorities, the investigative authorities of the FBI to terrorize and intimidate Americans.” – Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, last night on CNN.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe rips into the “terrible” nomination of Kash Patel for FBI Director:

“The fact that Kash Patel is profoundly unqualified for this job is not even like a matter for debate. What we should be really thinking about right now is what does this… pic.twitter.com/p0dRXJrupQ

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) December 1, 2024