November 2020 washington dc
US President Donald Trump lost the election to Joe Biden. Before leaving office, Trump was busy trying to appoint his people to important government posts. During this time, Trump wanted to appoint his special loyalist to a big post in the Defense Ministry. However, his attempt was not successful.
In fact, Trump, who had become weak after losing the election, was warned by the then Joint Chief of Staff Mark Milley that if he did so, he would take the matter to court.
After some time, Trump tried to make the same person the Deputy Director of the FBI, but then Attorney General Bill Barr threatened that this could be done only over his dead body. Trump failed this time too.
Trump once again wanted to make the same person the deputy director of CIA. CIA Chief Gina Haspel became angry at this and threatened to resign. After the intervention of Vice President Mike Pence and other big leaders, Trump had to withdraw his hands here too.
The name of the person whom Trump was trying so hard to 'set up' is Kashyap 'Kash' Patel. How did Kash Patel, born in an expatriate Indian family, become so special to Trump? What was the reason for all the officers to be afraid of him? Will know in this story…
Apart from Patel, Ramaswamy and Jindal may also get the post. Donald Trump will take the oath of office on January 20, 2025. Before this, Trump and his team will start the process of selecting officials for his new cabinet. Apart from Kash Patel, there is talk of giving place to Indian-origin Vivek Ramaswami and Bobby Jindal in the Trump administration. They can be given important posts.
According to media reports, Patel may get the responsibility of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief. He is said to be the top contender for this post. According to some reports, Trump has already decided to make Patel the CIA Chief.
At a Republican Party event in December 2023, Trump had told Patel- “Get ready Alas, get ready.”
Kash Patel is the son of Indian immigrants. He was born in a Gujarati family. Kash Patel's parents fled to the United States via Canada in the 1970s, fearing Ugandan ruler Idi Amin's order to leave the country. After Patel's father got American citizenship in 1988, he got a job in an airplane company.
After completing his law degree in 2004, when Patel did not get a job in a big law firm, he started working as a government lawyer. However, he had to wait for 9 years for his dream job.
Kash Patel joined the Justice Department in Washington in 2013. Here, three years later, in 2016, Patel was appointed as an employee in a standing committee related to intelligence matters. The chief of this department was David Nunes, a staunch ally of Trump.
Patel was included in a committee formed on Russian interference in the 2016 elections. It was while working on this that he first came into Trump's notice.
According to a New York Times report, during his presidency, Trump had put pressure on Ukraine in 2019 to gather information about Joe Biden's son. Because of this the opposition became angry at him. To avoid any legal complications, Trump formed a team of advisors to consider the matter. Kash Patel's name was also included in this. Then everyone was surprised to see his name.
Kash Patel continued climbing the ladder of promotion after joining the Trump administration in 2019. He stayed in the Trump administration for only 1 year and 8 months, but came into everyone's attention. In a report by magazine The Atlantic, Patel has been described as a person who would 'do anything for Trump'.
In the Trump administration, where almost everyone was already loyal to Trump, even there he started being counted among the most loyal people of Trump. This is why many officers were afraid of him. If they had got control of CIA or FBI, then they could have carried out every task according to Trump.
Kash has also written several songs for Trump, in which he has been described as a patriot.
Wrote a book on Trump, became helpful in that too Kash Patel has held the post of Deputy Chief to the Director of National Intelligence. During this period he looked after the functioning of 17 intelligence agencies. While holding this post, Patel was involved in many important matters. Apart from eliminating ISIS leaders, al-Qaeda leaders like Baghdadi and Qasim al-Rimi, he has also been involved in the mission to bring back many American hostages.
After Trump left office, Kash Patel has tried to promote the former president's agenda. Kash has written a book titled “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy.” In this he has told how widespread corruption is in the government.
Kash Patel has written a book, The Plot Against the King, to make Trump popular among children. In this, he played the role of a magician, who helps Trump in saving himself from Hillary Clinton. At the end of the story he succeeds in convincing people that Trump did not gain power by deceiving Hillary Clinton.
Kash Patel also oversees the functioning of Donald Trump's social media 'Truth'. Trump also served as a security adviser to Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Last month, Kash Patel had said at a Trump rally that he would eliminate the conspirators in the government and media. They will not spare those who have lied to American citizens. Those who helped Biden rig the presidential elections will also be held to account.
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