Trump Has Appointed Patel for FBI Director to Carry Out His Retribution

President-elect Donald Trump appointed Kash Patel yesterday to be the next director of the FBI for one reason and one reason only - to carry out his retribution.

Patel said as much during an interview with Steve Bannon a year ago on his podcast:

We will go out and find the conspirators — not just in government, but in the media. Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections.

We’re going to come after you. Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll figure that out. But yeah, we’re putting you all on notice, and Steve, this is why they hate us. This is why we’re tyrannical. This is why we’re dictators. Because we’re actually going to use the Constitution to prosecute them for crimes they said we have always been guilty of but never have.

Mind you, Patel wants to prosecute people for stating the fact that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. 

If Patel is prepared to prosecute people for stating this fact, then they are surely prepared to prosecute people who characterized January 6th as an insurrection or that his inauguration crowd in 2017 wasn't the largest in history.

One can only hope Senate Republicans will thwart Patel's appointment as they did with his appointment of Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. But it does not appear that Patel has a predilection for underaged girls. So, I would not count on any profiles in courage. 

Of course, even if the Senate does make it clear to Trump that Patel is unacceptable, he will appoint simply appoint someone else to carry out his retribution as he has done with Pam Bondi in lieu of Gaetz's withdrawal at AG. Trump is still going to fire Christopher Wray despite the fact that he appointed Wray to lead the FBI in 2017 after firing James Comey. 

Nevertheless, most Trump loyalists are seldom as nakedly explicit about their aims and objectives as Patel has been. If it is possible to prevent his appointment, then all reasonable action must be taken.