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Kash Patel

Kash Patel

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Appears in 6 stories

Born: February 25, 1980 (age 45 years), Garden City, NY
Party: Republican Party
Education: Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (2005), University of Richmond (2002), and UCL Faculty of Laws
Nationality: American
Office: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Notable Quotes

We presented our facts and the findings of the investigation, and the judge determined there was probable cause, and then you saw the results.

What you saw play out last week was the execution of that search warrant, just like we would do anywhere else.

"Previous fraud arrests in Minnesota are just the tip of a very large iceberg. The FBI has surged resources to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes."

Stories

Trump DOJ launches federal investigation into 2020 Georgia election

Rule Changes

Defended Fulton raid probable cause; revealed Trump personally thanked agents

On January 28, 2026, FBI agents seized 700 boxes of 2020 election ballots from a Fulton County warehouse. Four days later, on February 1, the Georgia Senate passed a resolution urging Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to hand over unredacted voter data to the DOJ — he refused, citing state privacy laws.

Updated 6 days ago

Federal fight for state voter rolls

Rule Changes

Defended Fulton County search warrant execution

The Justice Department wants every state's unredacted voter file—names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers for roughly 160 million registered voters. Since May 2025, DOJ has demanded these records from at least 44 states; 25 have refused and are being sued.

Updated 6 days ago

Minnesota's billion-dollar welfare fraud crisis

Force in Play

Leading FBI surge into Minnesota fraud investigations

On January 5, 2026, Governor Tim Walz announced he would drop his bid for a third term. The reversal came just two days before a contentious January 7 House Oversight Committee hearing where Republican state lawmakers testified that Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison ignored widespread fraud and silenced whistleblowers.

Updated May 21

Trump's second-term cabinet: razor-thin votes and partisan warfare

Rule Changes

Confirmed 51-49 on February 20, 2025

Trump's second-term cabinet confirmations became the most contentious in modern history. The Senate confirmed all 22 nominees, but only after contentious battles.

Updated May 19

The tanker hunt: Trump’s Venezuela “blockade” turns into Coast Guard seizures

Force in Play

Cited in DOJ announcement on the Skipper seizure warrant

The U.S. Coast Guard is now chasing a third Venezuela-linked tanker in international waters near Venezuela—under a judicial seizure order. Two other tankers have already been stopped in the past 11 days, including one dramatic helicopter boarding that the administration amplified on social media.

Updated May 15

Chinese hackers breach FBI's own surveillance network

Force in Play

Overseeing response to dual cyber incidents — the DCS-3000 breach and a separate hack of his personal email by Iranian-linked hackers

Salt Typhoon, a hacking group tied to China's Ministry of State Security, spent years quietly burrowing into American telecommunications networks — AT&T, Verizon, and at least seven others — accessing the systems that carry out court-authorized wiretaps. Now it has reached the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) itself. On April 1, 2026, the FBI classified a breach of its Digital Collection System Network, the internal platform managing surveillance operations under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), as a 'major incident' — the most serious cybersecurity designation available under federal law. It is the first time the bureau has made that determination about its own systems since at least 2020.

Updated Apr 2