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Kash Patel

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Kash Patel is an American attorney and former government official who served as the Chief of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense under President Donald Trump from November 2020 to January 2021. He is recognized for his contributions in the fields of national security and intelligence. Patel has been involved in various roles within the government, focusing on issues related to defense and security policy. His tenure in the Trump administration was marked by efforts to influence defense strategies and organizational changes within the Department of Defense.

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Dec 1, 2024

And our biggest enemy against that truth is the deep state. And we are on a mission to annihilate the deep state.

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Dec 1, 2024

Their lives have been destroyed by the Justice Department because of a political vendetta they want to enact through the justice system to take out Trump.

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Dec 1, 2024

We will go out and find the conspirators not just in government, but in the media. Yes, we're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections.

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Dec 1, 2024

I'd shut down the FBI Hoover building on day one and reopening the next day as a museum of the deep state. And I take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them across America to chase down criminals. Go be cops. Your…

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May 17, 2023

Never had to use a SWAT team to do it.

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Jan 29, 2023

A chainsaw as a symbol of government reform is not unusual.

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Jan 29, 2023

Did you approve or have any role in the decision to terminate these senior FBI employees? No.

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Jan 29, 2023

This language is taken out of context and does not accurately or fully represent my prior statements or positions.

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Dec 31, 2022

It was clearly intended as humor. A chainsaw as a symbol of government reform is not unusual.

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Dec 31, 2022

Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens to help Joe Biden rig presidential elections.

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Dec 31, 2022

This language is taken out of context and does not accurately or fully represent my prior statements or positions.

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