Kash Patel, President reelect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI chief, heads into Senate confirmation hearings next week. His critics will warn ominously that Patel would turn the FBI upside down.
As well he should.
The FBI’s decent, diligent field agents might be the people most betrayed by their bosses in Washington, D.C. The bureau’s leftist command clique has abused its infinite police powers to oppress Trump and his advisers, supporters, and those who jeopardize liberal priorities.
For nine years, top FBI officials have perpetrated the inappropriate, the illegal, and the unconstitutional:
- The FBI spied on Trump’s 2016 campaign, starting with advisers Carter Page and George Papadopoulos.
- The FBI lied to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to secure a wiretap warrant against Page. FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith doctored an…
