FBI director nominee Kash Patel broke with President Donald Trump over commuting sentences for Jan. 6, 2021 violence against law enforcement.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

The man picked for a top security role in Donald Trump’s administration is a children’s author who believes the president has been persecuted and undermined by the “deep state”.

During Jan. 15 confirmation hearings for Pam Bondi, Trump's nominee for attorney general who oversees the FBI as part of the Justice Department, Democratic senators pressed Bondi on whether Patel was a good choice to run the agency, pointing to Patel's previous comments calling for downsizing the intelligence community.

An Associated Press review of more than 100 podcasts that Kash Patel hosted or on which he was interviewed reveals how Patel has habitually denigrated the investigations into Trump.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

Calif., during his FBI directorial confirmation hearing, particularly in regard to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots.ot.

Kash Patel exhibited unflinching fealty during Donald Trump’s four years out of office, standing by him during the grim days after the F.B.I. search of the president’s Florida estate in 2022.

Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, said during his Senate confirmation hearing he did not support granting mass clemency to Jan. 6 defendants.

Patel has a thin résumé, but he has indicated he’d use the power of the federal government to attack President Trump's perceived "enemies."