Kash Patel

Kashyap Pramod Vinod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American attorney. He had held a number of important US government posts. He is the 9th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Quotes

• The one thing we learned in the Trump administration the first go around is we got to put in all American patriots top to bottom …We got them for law enforcement, we got them for intel collection, we got them for offensive operations, we got them for DOD, CIA, everywhere.
  • Patel said last year on Steve Bannon’s right-wing podcast. Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist Kash Patel

Quotes about Patel

• President-Elect Trump is making decisions on who will serve in his second Administration … Those decisions will be announced when they are made.
  • Karoline Leavitt, Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman, as quoted in Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist Kash Patel

• Question, "Have you looked at all the photos in Epstein files?"
  • Patel answered, "I have looked at all the information that the investigators who investigated this case have provided to run out credible leads.
    • Question, "...In the Epstein files, was there that creepy birthday message that Donald Trump had written to Epstein?
      • Patel answered, "No, that's what I was trying to tell you. You raised a great point. The estate of Jeffrey Epstein has a voluminous amount of information that they have not released before.
        • Question, "...Wouldn't be great if FBI subpoenaed the estate of Jeffrey Epstein for all that information?
          • Patel answered, "...The estate is under no obligation to provide that material even pursuant to a subpoena..."
            • Response from questioner, "...That's just false. You're the freakin' FBI. You can subpoena the information from the estate and you better do that."
              • Lieu grills Kash Patel over Epstein Docs: 'You're the freaking FBI’. electron media group, inc. (mid-September 2025)