According to a CBS News report, the Trump Administration is asking senior FBI officials, many of whom were promoted by former Director Christopher Wray, to resign or be fired.
The dismissal of high-ranking officials coincides with the Senate Intelligence Committee’s confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel.
During the hearing, Patel aimed to ease concerns about the FBI’s independence, assuring senators he would not simply follow Trump’s directives to investigate political opponents.
“I would never do anything unconstitutional or unlawful and I never have,” Patel said, adding that he would “always obey the law.”
“There will be no weaponization at the FBI,” Patel promised. “There will be no retributive actions taken by any FBI should I be confirmed as FBI director.”
In a recent New York Post op-ed, the editorial board pushed for Patel to clean house:
As FBI Director-designate Kash Patel faces an utterly predictable tide of pseudo-outrage from corrupt leftist liars like Sen. Adam Schiff, it’s important to remember why — as Patel outlined in his blunt and utterly correct statement Thursday to the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing.
He wants to “make sure we don’t have 100,000 rapes in this country next year, make sure we don’t have 100,000 drug overdoses from Chinese fentanyl and Mexican heroin, and make sure we don’t have 17,000 homicides.
“Those numbers need to be cut in half immediately, and the public will regain trust in the FBI and law enforcement.”
That is: Have the FBI focus on its actual mission.
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It’s waaaaaaaay past time to clean house, and Patel’s the man to do it.
More over at CBS News:
Senior FBI officials asked to resign or retire by Trump administration, three sources said. https://t.co/EhOYykJZ2B
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 31, 2025
