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Patel, Bongino Try To Win Trust Of Skeptical FBI Agents
Before they took control of the FBI, its two top leaders, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, were some of the agency’s most rabid critics,...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 42 min read
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FBI Surge To Pay More Attention To Native American Unsolved Crimes
The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states over the next six months to help investigate...
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Apr 22 min read
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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Tells Staff He's Not Partisan
Dan Bongino, the F.B.I.’s deputy director, who rose to popularity as a conservative podcaster bashing Democrats and praising President...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 21 min read
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Signal Leak Poses A Test For FBI And DOJ
So far, neither the attorney general, Pam Bondi, nor the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, appear to be planning to investigate whether the...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 261 min read
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Bongino, Now #2 At FBI, Vows To 'Stay Out Of The Political Space'
In his last podcast, right-wing provocateur Dan Bongino made a promise. Becoming deputy FBI director would require a stark change in...
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Mar 182 min read
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Patel Quickly Decentralizes FBI Command Structure
FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing ahead with a plan to decentralize the agency’s command structure and divide the bureau into three...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 172 min read
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Trump Says He'll Nix Plan To Move FBI Headquarters To Maryland
President Trump threw cold water on the plans to build a new FBI headquarters in Maryland, adding new uncertainty into a contentious and...
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Mar 172 min read
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Will Kash Patel Use The FBI To Target Left-Wing Activists?
Fears are mounting that newly appointed director of the FBI, Kash Patel, will make good on past comments about crackdowns on...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 122 min read
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FBI Turmoil Claims Job of Top NYC Agent
The leader of the FBI's largest field office, in New York City, said he was forced out of his job following clashes with Justice...
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Mar 42 min read
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Patel Tells FBI Agents Public Trust In Bureau Is Improving
For weeks, FBI agents waited for the arrival of their new director, Kash Patel, who has spent years bashing the bureau for its...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 282 min read
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What Does Patel's Deputy Director Pick Mean For The FBI?
On Sunday, FBI Director Kash Patel tapped as his deputy director Dan Bongino — a bombastic podcast host who has never worked at the FBI...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 261 min read
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Patel Taps Pundit Bongino, Moves 1,500 FBI Employees From D.C.
Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be deputy FBI...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 222 min read
272 views
Patel Survives 51-49 Vote To Win Job As Trump's FBI Director
Despite a unified Democratic front opposed to his nomination, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Kash Patel to lead the FBI. In a 51-49...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 212 min read
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Panel Puts Patel On Track To Win FBI Director Confirmation
Kash Panel is headed for confirmation as FBI director after a 12-10 party-line vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance his...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 141 min read
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Judge Stops Trump From Releasing List Of FBI Employees In Jan. 6 Cases
A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration from making public a list of FBI officials who were involved in cases...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 102 min read
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Senate Panel Delays Vote On Patel As Democrats Slam Him Again
Senate Democrats took some of their last shots at FBI director nominee Kash Patel, as the Judiciary Committee prepares to vote on whether...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 72 min read
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FBI Agents Sue DOJ Over Trump Investigation Employee List
FBI agents sued the Justice Department to stop it from releasing a list of employees who participated in investigations of President...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 52 min read
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Legal Challenges Likely As DOJ Ousts FBI Executives, Agents
A Justice Department official ordered the firing of at least eight senior FBI executives and a sweeping examination of the work of...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 12 min read
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Patel Doesn't Say If He Would Use FBI To Investigate His Enemies
Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to head the F.B.I., evaded the question of whether he would investigate officials on a published list...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 312 min read
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Senior FBI Leaders Told To Leave Agency By Monday
At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, CNN reports. The senior officials are at the...
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Jan 312 min read
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