President Trump and FBI director Cash Patel will hold a press conference in the White House summary room in August 2025.
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The FBI director, Cash Patel, is scheduled to appear in front of Senators on Tuesday, as he faces increasing questions about his ability to lead the first law enforcement agency in the country.
Patel appeared before the Senate Judicial Committee on books a few weeks ago, but it comes at an accurate time for the director, and he is loyal to President Trump but has no experience in organizing leadership such as the FBI.
Only last week, he was criticized for his sites on social media and his actions during the chase of the man who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk. He was also sued by three former FBI officials who claim to have launched them for inappropriate political reasons.
Patel, who was confirmed as the FBI director in February through a vote 51-49, appears to enjoy at least at the present time-Trump’s support, who during the weekend expressed his support for him.
“I am very proud of the FBI,” Trump said Fox NewsIn reference to the suspected Kerk militant militant. “Cash – and every other person – did a great job.”
The FBI in Utah, the suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22 -year -old, took on the reservation Thursday evening after his family contacted the authorities. The arrest took place about 33 hours after the shooting of Kirk – the fact that Patel was built on his public notes.
Talk to Fox & Friends On Monday, Patel said that the decision to issue improved photos and videos of the suspect Thursday evening led to the arrest of Robinson.
“I made an executive decision on the investigation and operational needs, and it became clear that this correct step is because the FBI men and women said this is what we should do,” he said.
He added: “We have made a 33 -hour suspect because we were transparent and open with the American public and we will continue to do so.”
“So anyone who believes that the FBI is not at the head of his game, and that I, the deputy and everyone in driving at the Salt Lake City office and Quantico do anything political, I do not get it.”
Checking social media publications
Despite the arrest of the suspect, Patel was criticized for his participation in social media early in the investigation.
On Wednesday night, on X, “the topic of shocking shooting today that took Charlie Kerk’s life now took a detainee.”
After about 90 minutes, Patel reflected the path in a second job, saying, “The issue was released in the reservation after interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation will continue and we will continue to launch information in the interest of transparency.”
He was asked about these jobs, tell Patel Fox & Friends He had no remorse.
“I was transparent with working with the audience on the results we reached as I had,” he said. “Was I a little better to formulate it at the heat of the moment? Certainly, but do I regret it? Certainly no.”
But former FBI officials say this is not the way social media platforms are usually used by law enforcement specialists.
“There is a process, and the information is always superficial at first. You take your time, collect evidence, whatever the facts you have, then you see where you will do. You do not rush and say that the person who raises attention is the person who shot,” said Stephen Likok, a senior FBI agent (FBI).
He said: “You usually send notes on social media to help collect information about the investigation. When the investigation leads to the presence of a detained person who has been identified through the investigation process, which is a multi -agent effort, you let the unified leadership put the correspondence together.”
A lawsuit from senior FBI officials
Kirk’s Killing in Patel’s driving in the office rushed on the same day that he was prosecuted by three senior FBI officials.
They are the three former officials of the Federal Investigation Office – the British Drescol, Stephen Jensen and Spencer Evans – among the best agents and celebrations of working in the office in modern memory, according to the case.
they suit It contains details of their interactions with Patel and his deputy, former right podxter Dan Bongino. He describes the leadership in the office and the Ministry of Justice as a partisan and incompetent, stood to stay in the good blessings of the White House and ready to launch anyone through the president.
Patel pledged in his confirmation session that no one at the FBI would be launched for incorrect political reasons. But as soon as he reached the job, the lawsuit says, Patel chose to follow up the march orders from the White House instead of federal law.
The lawsuit said: “His decision to do this led to the deterioration of national security in the country by launching three of the most operating leaders at the FBI, each of them is experts in preventing terrorism and reducing violent crimes.”
A conversation conducted by Drskole with Patel also recounted in early August, where Pateel discussed the reason for his release at the FBI employees, Drskol tried to protect him.
The lawsuit says that Patel admitted that his superiors, who they referred to “are” and those who understood Drichol to include the Ministry of Justice and the White House, “ordered the shooting of anyone who knew that he had worked in a criminal investigation against President Donald J. Trump.”
“Patel explained that he had to shoot people, his superiors told him to shoot, because his ability to maintain his own job depends on the removal of the agents who worked on issues related to the president,” says the lawsuit.
The three former agents who filed the case claimed that they were targeting “revenge for their refusal to politicize the FBI.”
When asked about the lawsuit last week, the FBI refused to comment. A White House spokeswoman said in a statement that the FBI director “supervises and runs all aspects of the agency.”