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It was not immediately clear why Patel was replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to lead the Justice Department agency that’s responsible for enforcing the nation’s gun laws.
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The move comes at a moment of chaos at the largely leaderless and rudderless A.T.F.
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The Justice Department has moved to drop a criminal case against the alleged East Coast leader of the MS-13 gang less than a month after he was charged, saying they plan to deport him instead
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Miranda Devine: Kash Patel’s FBI promotion of MAGA villain Steven Jensen sends the wrong messageThe promotion of Steven Jensen, the architect of the FBI’s overzealous January 6 investigation, to head the Washington Field Office has confounded Trump supporters and crushed their hopes that new
Kremlin propagandist Valentin Bogdanov said he asked the FBI director for a reaction to Alex Ovechkin breaking the NHL goal-scoring record.
In late 2016, his counterspy office in New York participated in the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s alleged ties to the Kremlin, the notorious Operation Crossfire Hurricane. Yet, just a couple of years later, McGonigal was on the payroll of Oleg Deripaska, a leading Kremlin oligarch who featured prominently in that investigation.
If you're wondering, yes, that was FBI director Kash Patel who wasn't just at the Washington Capitals game in which Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's career goals record. Turns out he got a ticket for the record-breaker on Sunday in which Ovechkin potted goal No. 895.