FBI Director Kash Patel/Image: AP
However, as director, he has encouraged investigations into former senior officials and presided over sweeping terminations, including of employees who participated in years-old investigations of US President Donald Trump, were photographed taking a knee during a 2020 racial justice protest, or contributed to a disputed analytical memo about Catholic extremism.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing what it calls the “Patel Report,” ostensibly named after Director Kash Patel, to its workforce, examining chapters in the bureau’s history “where this institution fell short,” The Associated Press reported. The FBI message also said the Patel Report is intended to “promote fierce organisational accountability” and rebuild “public trust.” It was unclear which episodes from the FBI’s past are chronicled in the report.
At his confirmation hearing last year, Patel had pledged that he would not look “backward.