Patel might be getting fired over how he handled this shooting:
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I thought this
article (
archive) on Fox News yesterday was hilariously pathetic. Also, when I read it yesterday I could have sworn the title was more along the lines of highlighting Kash Patel's "unprecedented" hands-on approach. Nonetheless, the article text seems unchanged.
A few gems from the article:
"Local FBI was on the scene immediately after the shooting, and Patel arrived at around 5:30 p.m. local time on Sept. 11.
Patel was walked through the entire crime scene, and stood where Kirk was murdered. Patel walked each step the suspect took, according to sources familiar with the investigation."
Can you believe that? Patel actually
walked through the crime scene. Absolutely unprecedented.
"Patel also went to the rooftop where Robinson had allegedly perched and retraced his steps as he fled, including into the wooded area where the gun, a Mauser 30.06 rifle, was found.
Patel personally directed agents as they processed evidence and prepared to send it to Quantico, ATF labs, or local labs. Sources told Fox News Digital that Patel then directed the evidence to be loaded onto a plane with initial forensics and evidence collected and sent it back to the FBI labs for processing."
Can you even imagine? An FBI Director FBI
directing FBI personnel? Unprecedented! Also, what do I know, but it seems to me that sending the evidence all the way back to Quantico might sound super impressive but would actually slow the process down. Wouldn't you just bring the best analysts with you in the first place? The next piece below seems to dance around that.
"A law enforcement source told Fox News Digital that, typically, when evidence is collected in an investigation, an agent ships it to the labs. But the source said Patel directed that the evidence and fingerprints be sent back to Quantico via plane—traveling back and forth from Utah collecting and delivering.
"The DNA was being analyzed through the night because the director was there and he was directing all of this," the source told Fox News Digital. "He directed everyone and said ‘You’re going to get the evidence out now.’"
The source added: "The evidence was getting back to the labs in rapid-speed. That’s why he was caught so quickly."
"You’re going to get the evidence out now!" demands the jeet FBI director. "I don't care how many planes I have to send to Quantico!"
...and in the end, it wasn't even the rapid-speed of evidence that ID'd the shooter.
"Fox News Digital also learned that Patel, against all recommendations, demanded the video footage of the suspect be released to the public.
A law enforcement source familiar told Fox News Digital that Robinson’s father, who ultimately turned him in to authorities, told the FBI that he recognized his son in that released video."
Like every diversity hire, a white person ultimately had to do the job for him.
As much as he deserves it, Patel isn't going. Trump has been huge this term on rewarding loyalty.
Here's hoping it's a Matt Gaetz situation, where behind the scenes Trump convinces Kash Patel to step aside for the good of the cause.