Kash Patel

Kash Patel serves as director of the FBI, bringing a distinguished record of leadership across national security, law enforcement, and congressional oversight. He began his career as a public defender before joining the Department of Justice, where he prosecuted high-level terrorism cases and worked alongside U.S. special forces to disrupt threats around the globe. As senior counsel to the House Intelligence Committee, Patel led a landmark investigation into foreign interference and exposed serious failures within the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe.

FILE - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel speaks alongside Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche during a news conference at the at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Opinion

May 11, 2026

DIRECTOR KASH PATEL: We brought the FBI out of the past and into the AI age

FBI Director Kash Patel details how artificial intelligence modernization has transformed the bureau's crime-fighting and homeland security capabilities.

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks at a podium during a news conference inside the Justice Department.

Opinion

February 20, 2026

FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL: We have made America safer in just one year

FBI undergoes major restructuring with 1,000 agents moved from Washington, D.C., to field offices, eliminates politicized units and establishes new partnerships.

Kash Patel testifies

Opinion

May 14, 2025

FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL: Law enforcement has our backs. Let's show we have theirs

During National Police Week we should show our support to the law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line for us everyday.

Russian analyst Igor Danchenko

Opinion

November 4, 2022

GOP needs new ‘Church Committee’ to hold FBI, Justice Department accountable for their many abuses

GOP needs new ‘Church Committee’ to hold FBI, Justice Department accountable for abusing counterintelligence efforts, attacking Democrats’ political enemies.

FBI releases new wanted poster of suspected Capitol rioters

U.S.

January 20, 2021

FBI releases new wanted poster of suspected Capitol rioters

The FBI released a new wanted poster Wednesday featuring the photos of 10 more suspects allegedly tied to the deadly Capitol Building riots.

FILE - In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. The House has passed its annual defense policy measure, which combines a $738 billion Pentagon price tag with legislation to provide federal employees with 12 weeks of paid parental leave. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Opinion

January 13, 2021

Kash Patel: Defense Department fully cooperating with transition to Biden administration

Some 550 senior Defense Department officials have been interviewed by members of the Biden transition team. The department has answered 261 information requests and prepared 7,200 pages of briefing material for the incoming administration.