Patel: I will restore the American trust to FBI

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's appointee for the post of FBI director, said on Thursday he is the proper leader for the law enforcement agency, which he said had lost public confidence and told the senators that he would commit himself to carrying out an appropriate “procedure and transparent” if he was confirmed by the Senate.

At his confirmation session, Mr. Patel was prepared for the Senate's deeply skeptical questions about his loyalty to the president and expressed a desire to improve The FBI. He is a loyal supporter of Mr. Trump, who, before being appointed to lead The FBI, criticised him for investigating the president and said the January 6th rebels were mistreated by the Department of Justice.

Senator Dick Durbin, the highest Democrat at the Senate Jury Commission, said the FBI is critical of keeping America safe from terrorism, violent crime and other threats, and the country “needs an FBI director who understands the weight of this mission and is ready on its first day, not someone who is consumed by his personal political complaints. ”

Mr. Patel was appointed in November to replace then-Director Christopher Wray, who headed the main federal law enforcement agency in the country for more than seven years, but was forced to leave the job President Trump had appointed to his first term.

Former assistant of the House of Representatives Commission for Intelligence and the former federal prosecutor who served in President Trump's first administration, Kash Patel has alarmed critics with his rhetoric in dozens of podcasts and books he has written, showing open support for Mr. Trump and attacking the decisions of the agency that now wants to run.

He has also identified official names he believes should be investigated.

In an interview last year, he said that if he became director of the FBI, he would shut down “the building where her headquarters is located in Washington and “would reopen the next day as a museum of deep citizenship”.

And I would take 7,000 employees working in that building and send them across America to hunt criminals. Go become police”, He added.

In an article in the Wall Street Journal newspaper published Wednesday, Cash Patel did not mention some of his most severe comments and criticism of the FBI, except that his time as a representative's employee investigating the shortcomings of the FBI investigation into Mr. Trump's ties to Russia had shown how the FBI's infinite “Fuqia could be wasted. ”

“I directed the investigation that found that the Law for Supervising Foreign Intelligence Information, a tool I had previously used to capture terrorists, was illegally used to spy on political opponents”, he wrote. “Such behavior is unacceptable and undermines public confidence”.

Mr. Patel pledged to be transparent if confirmed as director and said he would not allow FBI involvement in prosecutorial decisions, leaving them to the Justice Department.

“First, those capable of becoming policemen”, Mr. Patel wrote describing his priorities. The resignation implies supporting agents in their mission to apprehend criminals and protect our citizens. If confirmed, I will focus on simplifying operations by increasing the presence of agents on the ground, across the country. Co-operation with law enforcement agencies is essential for fulfilling the FBI mission”.

Mr. Patel has in common with Mr. Trump scepticism on the supervision of the government and a secret political system known as the Muheep statue, a term used by the president to refer to government bureaucracy.

He was part of a small group of supporters during Mr. Trump's recent criminal trial in New York, who accompanied him to the court, where he told reporters that Mr. Trump was the victim of a “unconstitutional sub-competitive”.

Their close relationship would prevent the tradition of FBI directors who kept a distance from the presidents.

Several democratic senators in the Senate's Judiciary Commission, who have met with Mr. Patel, including Senator Durbin, have issued statements signalling their opposition to his confirmation. The lawmakers also asked Mrs. Pam Bond, Mr. Trump's appointee for general prosecutor when she had her confirmation hearing this month.

Republican allies of Mr. Trump, who have a position similar to the president that the FBI is politicised, have offered support to Mr. Patel. They view it as someone who can ensure the needed change.

Senator Chuck Grasley, republican chairman of the commission, tried to ease attacks on Mr. Patel in advance by focusing on the need to reform The FBI that they claim is used against opponents.

The FBI in recent years has been involved in numerous sensational political investigations, including not only two federal investigations into Mr. Trump resulting in the indictment, but also investigations into President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

It is no wonder that public confidence has fallen to an institution that has been plagued by abuse, lack of transparency and exploitation of political opponents”, Senator Grasley said. “Anyway, The FBI remains an important institution, even necessary for law and order in our country”.

He later added: “Z. Patel, if you confirm, you will take responsibility for an FBI in crisis. ” / VOA