Kash Patel's first actions as FBI head leave onlookers puzzled

[Timber Rattler]

Kash Patel's first actions as FBI head leave onlookers puzzled

New FBI Director Kash Patel hit the ground running with a to do list once he took over — and his priorities have left some puzzled.

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal walked through Patel's first actions.

"He told officials he planned to spend a lot of time in Las Vegas, where he was living last year," the report said. 'He ordered new decor for his Washington office, and asked for his personal trainer to be cleared to enter the building for his workouts, among other changes."

Meanwhile, he's been living it up in Washington. In the past, FBI directors wouldn't attend social events, "to avoid being alone with a lawmaker or chief executive who might make an uncomfortable request," the Journal reported.

Patel was at the British ambassador's residence on Wednesday for a party, the report said.

He's also telling agents that they shouldn't be concerned about being so formally dressed.

“I’m not planning on wearing a suit, and I don’t expect you to wear one,” Patel said, according to the report.

While Patel intends to run the FBI, he was also sworn in to oversee the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

"Justice Department officials haven’t publicly explained how he plans to oversee both agencies simultaneously, something no previous FBI director appears to have done. Both are components of the Justice Department," the Journal reported.

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Prediction:  Patel will self-destruct and flame-out in a few months.

[Timber Rattler]

And WTH?

FBI Director Kash Patel wants to bring the UFC to the FBI, sources say

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-director-kash-patel-bring-ufc-fbi-sources/story?id=119255318

Newly-installed FBI Director Kash Patel, whose proclaimed plans to overhaul the nation's premier law enforcement agency have rattled many within the bureau, has proposed enhancing the FBI's ranks with help from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the martial-arts entertainment giant whose wealthy CEO, Dana White, helped boost President Donald Trump's reelection, according to sources who were told of Patel's proposal.

On a teleconference Wednesday with the heads of the FBI's 55 field offices, Patel suggested that he wants the FBI to establish a formal relationship with the UFC, which could develop programs for agents to improve their physical fitness, said sources who had been briefed on Wednesday's call.

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Sounds like a Trump idea...