(UPDATE) WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump plans to appoint loyalist Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he said on Saturday, in a move that would mean replacing the agency's current leader.
Trump announced the former advisor and Pentagon official, who has been critical of the bureau and is known for his controversial views on a so-called government deep state, as his choice for the post on his Truth Social network.
