"Driving the news: FBI director Kash Patel announced the bureau would end its partnership with the ADL following right-wing backlash to the group's web pages on the Christian identity movement and Turning Point USA, the group founded by slain MAGA activist Charlie Kirk. Patel later cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a storied civil rights group that tracks hate-motivated violence across the U.S."
"What they're saying: "James Comey wrote 'love letters' to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans," Patel wrote in a Wednesday X post. "That era is OVER," he said. "This FBI won't partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs." The ADL said in a statement following Patel's announcement that it has "deep respect" for the FBI and law enforcement officers."
Under President Trump, the FBI has become less focused on right-wing domestic terrorism. FBI Director Kash Patel ended the bureau's partnership with the Anti-Defamation League after right-wing backlash over the ADL's glossary of extremism and pages on the Christian Identity movement and Turning Point USA. Patel also severed ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center. Patel accused the ADL of operating as a political front and criticized James Comey's prior cooperation with the group. The ADL expressed deep respect for the FBI and emphasized heightened commitment to protecting Jewish communities amid rising antisemitism. The ADL historically supplied information to the FBI on hate-motivated violence.
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