Kash Patel- On Thursday, the U.S. Senate approved Indian-origin and Trump loyalist Kash Patel as the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the USA.
Patel was chosen by Donald Trump to head the nation’s top law enforcement agency and is known to be a strong supporter of the president Trump.
In a closely contested vote, the Senate confirmed Kash Patel as the new FBI director with a narrow 51-49 margin.
Republican senators Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska opposed Patel’s appointment, as the vote largely followed party lines.
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Patel assured that the FBI would stay independent of political influence and that there would be no retaliatory actions. He criticized Democrats for misrepresenting his previous remarks, stating that partial excerpts can be misleading, according to CNN.
Who is Kash Patel? Family Background:
Full name- Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel, widely known as Kash Patel, is an American lawyer. He was born on February 25, 1980 in Garden City, New York, to parents who immigrated from the state of Gujarat in India.
His parents initially relocated to Canada in the early 1970s from Uganda, East Africa, due to ethnic persecution. Later, they settled in the United States, where his father took a job as a financial officer at an aviation company. Patel was brought up in the Hindu faith.
Educational Background of new FBI director Kash Patel
Patel completed his education at Garden City High School on Long Island.
Following high school, he earned a bachelor’s degree in history and criminal justice from the University of Richmond in 2002. He went on to receive his JD (Juris Doctor) from Pace University School of Law in New York in 2005 and obtained a certificate in international law from University College London in England in 2004.
Working Experience of kash Patel:
After graduating from law school, Patel relocated to Florida and became a member of the Florida Bar in April 2006. He then spent the following eight years working as a public defender, initially in the Miami-Dade County Public Defender’s Office and later as a federal public defender.
In 2014, Patel joined the United States Department of Justice’s National Security Division as a trial attorney while also serving as a legal liaison to the Joint Special Operations Command. In 2017, he was appointed as senior counsel on counterterrorism for the House Intelligence Committee.
In April 2017, Patel was appointed as the senior aide to House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes. He played a key role in the Republican efforts to challenge investigations into Donald Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Patel previously worked in the U.S. government during Donald Trump’s first term. As a senior aide on the House Intelligence Committee, he played a key role in disputing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
During Trump’s administration, he also served on the National Security Council and as Chief of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense.
Wealth of Kash Patel: How Rich Kash Patel is?
Kash patel’s net worth is $30 millions.
Kash Patel is a very enthusiast of collections of luxury cars, he has a collection of over sixteen vintage and modern luxury cars which includes Tesla and Mercedes S-Class. He has recently bought a Lamborghini Urus.
Kash Patel’s net worth also includes $7 millions worth of stocks in Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturing company Tesla. He has also made a lot of dollars in Bitcoin trading. At the beginning of January 2024, Kash Patel also bought a 4 bedroom luxury mansion Florida USA from a FOX News host Bret Baier.
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