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‘Kash Patel to be fired today…’: Ex-FBI makes big claim after Trump ousts Pam Bondi; Tulsi Gabbard on the line
Soon after Trump announced his decision to fire Pam Bondi, a new report emerged about FBI Director Kash Patel being on the firing line
Soon after President Donald Trump announced his decision to fire Pam Bondi as Attorney General, a new report emerged about FBI Director Kash Patel being the next in line. Former FBI agent Kyle Seraphin appeared on Far-right radio host Alex Jones' show to cite sources and claim that Trump will make a decision on Thursday.
“There is a decent possibility that Kash Patel is fired today and there is a total reshuffle,” Seraphin said, citing two sources. “The question is why and my guess is that Trump wants to make it look like its his idea and not while he is under pressure.”
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Trump fires Pam Bondi
Earlier in the day, Trump announced that AG Bondi's tenure has ended, and she will be replaced by her deputy and one of the president's former personal lawyers, Todd Blanche.
“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
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“Pam Bondi led this Department with strength and conviction and I’m grateful for her leadership and friendship,” Blanche said in a post on X, platform formerly known as Twitter, after Trump's announcement. “We will continue backing the blue, enforcing the law, and doing everything in our power to keep America safe.”
Meanwhile, reports stated that Trump has discussed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin as a potential replacement for Bondi.
Reports also noted that Trump has also discussed firing DNI Tulsi Gabbard.
Kash Patel under presssure
Meanwhile, three fired FBI agents sued this week to try to get their jobs back, saying in a class action lawsuit that they were illegally punished for their participation in an investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
The federal lawsuit adds to the mounting list of court challenges to a personnel purge by Kash Patel that over the last year has resulted in the ousters of dozens of agents, either because of their involvement in investigations related to Trump or because they were perceived as insufficiently loyal to the Republican president's agenda.
The three agents — Michelle Ball, Jamie Garman and Blaire Toleman — were fired last October and November in what they say was a “retribution campaign” targeting them for their work on the investigation into Trump. The agents had between roughly eight and 14 years of “exemplary and unblemished” service in the FBI and expected to spend the remainder of their careers at the bureau but were abruptly fired without cause and without being given a chance to respond, the lawsuit says.
(With inputs from The Associated Press)
