A top FBI official with 27 years standing has reportedly been fired by the bureau after its director, Kash Patel, became enraged by press stories revealing he had used a government jet to travel to see his girlfriend sing the national anthem at a wrestling match. Steven Palmer, who had worked at the bureau since 1998, was fired as head …
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Three converging events in the 1970s – the Watergate scandal, the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and revelations that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had abused his power to persecute people and organizations he viewed as political enemies – destroyed what formerly had been near-automatic trust in the presidency and the FBI. In response, Congress enacted reforms designed …
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For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here’s the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. FBI director Kash Patel spent hours Tuesday reassuring senators he is fit to lead the bureau. Patel touted his achievements before the Senate Judiciary Committee seven months into his job as head of the nation’s lead law enforcement agency. This was his first …
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Toward the end of his remarks about the killing of Charlie Kirk last Friday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox warned about the ills of America’s increasingly vitriolic online culture. “Social media is a cancer on our society right now,” he said, imploring citizens to “log off, turn off, touch grass, hug a family member and go out and do good in …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Stepping to the microphone at a news conference Friday morning in Utah, FBI Director Kash Patel wasted no time explaining what led to the capture of a suspect in the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “This is what happens when you let good cops be cops,” Patel said. Over the next six minutes, Patel lauded …
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