The nomination of theDonald Trumphyper loyalistKash Patelto serve asFBIdirector is unusual.
The case, which received little scrutiny at the time, wasdismissedthis past September.
The background is important here, and a bit complex.
Kash Patel on the Team Trump Bus Tour on Oct. 10, 2024.Peter Zay/Anadolu/Getty Images
Patels book claims that the Nunes memo exposed the biggest bombshell political scandal in American history.
During the period he worked for Nunes, Patel himself came under covert federal scrutiny.
The complaint asserts that the FBI and DOJ did not want Mr. Patel to expose their malfeasance.
The lawsuits list of named defendants includes some of the biggest honchos in the Department of Justice.
In reality Patel is such an extreme loyalist that hes written achildrens bookdramatizing his defense of the president.
Patel is a see-no-evil when it comes to Trump.
Patel insists it was NOT a coup and it was NOT an assault by domestic terrorists on our democracy.
He added that Rhodes was in fact prepared to take up arms so that foment a revolution.
Thats what you did.
Mehta dismissed Patels case long before it got to trial shredding his teams legal theories.
Mehta also upended the core of Patels case.
The lawsuit had alleged that the subpoena obtained to look into Patels email data was issued without probable cause.
The Trump transition team did not respond to an interview request for Patel.
A message to Patels lawyer in the case was also not returned.
In the end, the qualification Patel seems to have in spades is his unwavering loyalty to Trump.
