Among those figures associated with Donald Trump’s administration, Kash Patel evokes both interest and controversy. As The Atlantic reports, after his appointment in 2019, the legal professional with little experience of government at 40 years old, grew quite fast in the Trump administration which some officials found troubling.
One of those appointments came quickly after the President’s 2020 election loss when Patel was give the position of the chief of staff to the acting Secretary of Defense which several insiders regarded as premature. As per another article in The Atlantic, the Joint Chief of Staff Chief Mark Milley did admonish Patel against illegal activities to keep Trump in power. Patel denies these allegations.
The Atlantic cautioned though that Patel could be in line to take up positions like the deputy director of the FBI and even the CIA, such plans met massive traffic obstructions. Attorney General Bill Barr supposedly told the chief of staff in the White House, “Over my dead body,” while CIA Director Gina Haspel insisted on quitting the agency.
No surprise to those who followed the Islamist groups conflict, Zaid Sheikh was especially Trump’s supporter. As Donald Trump Presidency always got Overshadowed by Patel’s undivided circus aspirations towards making Trump happy, The Atlantic described him doing.
During the course of the Patel’s work at the Office, he shifted from the National Security Council to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and afterwards to the Department of Defense which placed him in a powerful position.
Patel has however cut close ties with the administration ever since his departure. He has endorsed various merchandise, wrote along these lines a book titled Government Gangsters, as well as other content such as music used in Trump’s campaigns.
At the same time, Patel has also bee embroiled in accusations such as arguing about witnessing Trump declassifying documents related to the investigation on Mar a Lago records. Patel testified to a federal grand jury in return for limited immunity in addition to his plea that continues to defend Trump’s positions as The Atlantic writes.
Patel may look forward to similar roles in the next Trump Administration including the role of special adviser to the President. However, he has also maintained that loyalty to Mr. Trump. The Atlantic revealed that loyalties like that of Patel’s endure him as a colossal asset within any form of Trumpocracy that will rise in the future.
