Trump loyalist Kash Patel in contention to be named FBI director

Donald Trump is keeping his controversial national security adviser Kash Patel in the running to be the next FBI director, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the transition team conducted interviews for the role on Monday night at the Mar-a-Lago club. The existence of the interviews, made public in a since-deleted post by Trump’s vice-president JD Vance, underscored the intent to fire the current FBI director Christopher Wray years before his current 10-year term is up. Vance revealed that he and Trump were interviewing finalists for FBI director in a post responding to criticism he received for

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