FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly plans to relocate hundreds of FBI staff outside of the nation’s capital to field offices around the country.
Patel was sworn in to his role on Friday after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate earlier this week. In one of his first moves as head of the agency, Patel wants to relocate 1,500 FBI staff outside of Washington, D.C., including moving 500 staff to Huntsville, Alabama, according to the Associated Press.
Patel was confirmed narrowly in a 51-49 vote in the Senate. At Patel’s swearing-in ceremony, President Donald Trump said he nominated Patel in large part because “of the respect the [FBI] agents had for him.”
“I think he’ll go down as the best ever at that position,” Trump said.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “One of the reasons I loved Kash and wanted to put him in was the respect the agents had for him. I think he’ll go down as the best ever at…
