Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, previously vocal critics of the F.B.I., now lead the agency and are using its tarnished reputation as a reason to implement reforms. In emails to employees, Patel acknowledged the F.B.I.'s image issues but omitted any reference to his own past assaults on the agency. His prior actions include distorting facts about investigations involving Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and perpetuating conspiracy theories regarding the January 6 Capitol attack, raising questions about his credibility and the motivations behind the reforms he proposes.
In recent emails to thousands of F.B.I. employees, they have sought to use the bureau's damaged reputation ... as a rationale for bringing reforms to the supposedly broken organization.
Mr. Patel wrote on Wednesday in one of the messages. I know each of you, serving across this great nation, are tackling cases that will further the betterment of the communities in which you live and work.
Absent from Mr. Patel's communications with his 38,000 employees was any mention of the persistent assaults that he himself has launched against the F.B.I. over the years.
Before he ascended to the post of F.B.I. director, Mr. Patel repeatedly distorted the facts about the bureau's investigation of Russian meddling into President Trump's 2016 campaign.
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