"He's absolutely unqualified for this job. He's untrustworthy, his supervisor in the first Trump administration, Charles Kupperman, told The Wall Street Journal. It's an absolute disgrace to American citizens to even consider an individual of this nature."
"In Mr. Trump's first term, both Bill Barr and Gina Haspel went to great lengths to prevent Mr. Patel from being installed in senior intelligence and law enforcement roles. The true danger is almost less about Mr. Patel and more about what it says about Mr. Trump and his approach to his new presidency."
"Choosing anyone new at this point is concerning because it is a flagrant break with tradition. There is no current vacancy at the head of the F.B.I.: Following J. Edgar Hoover's tenure, Congress set into law in 1976 a 10-year term for the F.B.I. director, fireable only for cause."
"A Patel directorship would likely corrupt and bend the institution for decades, even if he only served a few years. Mr. Trump now wants to fire and replace the man he himself selected."
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