Few people understand the FBI’s Russia hoax abuses as well as Kash Patel, which is probably why The New York Times hates him.
Ahead of Thursday’s Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel, The New York Times dropped a hit job accusing Patel of lying about the bureau’s 2016 investigation into then-candidate Trump.
In their lede, Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman, and Alan Feuer accuse Patel of having “repeatedly undercut the work of the very agency he is set to lead by making false statements” about the FBI’s sham investigation into Trump for supposed collusion with Russia. Lost on them is the reality that Patel’s understanding of the FBI’s corruption and willingness to “undercut” their partisan witch hunts make him the perfect candidate to clean house at the bureau.
Ahead of Thursday’s Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel, The New York Times dropped a hit job accusing Patel of lying about the bureau’s 2016 investigation into then-candidate Trump.
In their lede, Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman, and Alan Feuer accuse Patel of having “repeatedly undercut the work of the very agency he is set to lead by making false statements” about the FBI’s sham investigation into Trump for supposed collusion with Russia. Lost on them is the reality that Patel’s understanding of the FBI’s corruption and willingness to “undercut” their partisan witch hunts make him the perfect candidate to clean house at the bureau.
The Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
A quick refresher: In 2016, when Donald Trump was running against Hillary Clinton for president, the Clinton campaign commissioned opposition research that took the form of the Steele dossier, a collection of shoddily sourced rumors about Trump, including allegations of sexual activities committed in Moscow. Three days after the Steele dossier was shopped to the FBI, the FBI opened an investigation, named Crossfire Hurricane, into Trump and his campaign, seeking to uncover evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia to steal the 2016 election. The Steele dossier was later shown to be bogus, and Special Counsel John Durham found the FBI lacked justification for launching the investigation. The fraudulent Steele dossier was also used to obtain a warrant to spy on members of the Trump campaign, including Carter Page.
The Times reporters singled out a few statements Patel made about the Russia hoax which they said were “false or misleading claims.” Their accusations are such nonsense they don’t deserve a line-by-line rebuttal, but they’re also such nonsense I can’t resist.
