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MAGA diehard Kash Patel's list of 'Government Gangsters' who could be targeted under Trump 2.0 govt
Kash Patel specifically targeted a number of those individuals in his book “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy.”
Donald Trump named Kash Patel to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In an official statement shared on Truth Social, Trump hailed Indian-American Patel for doing an "incredible job during my first term.
Patel held positions as Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Chief of Staff at the Department of Defense.
He also lauded Patel for playing a “pivotal role” in “uncovering the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax”.
As one of Trump's most ardent supporters, Patel has publicly denounced the “Deep State” political establishment and demanded that federal workers who are said to be too disloyal to Trump be fired.
In his September 2023 book, “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy,” Patel specifically targeted a number of those individuals.
In his book, he also made several fiery suggestions, including “Fire the top ranks of the F.B.I.”, switch the national security workforce with those 'who won't undermine the president's agenda', and bring charges against journalists and leakers.
Trump and Patel vowed to ‘go after’ political rivals
Charles Kupperman, who served under the first Trump administration as deputy national security adviser, said that Patel's views would be incompatible with the FBI's mission.
In an interview, Kupperman said, “The irony of this is that they all complained about the politicization of the F.B.I., and here Trump is putting in someone who’s going to do just that.”
Trump has stated time and again that he will use the Justice Department to “go after” his political rivals during his second term.
Similarly, Patel has warned to use law enforcement authority against the mainstream media, which Trump frequently refers to as “the enemies of the people.”
Take a look at list of individuals in Patel's crosshairs as per his book ‘Government Gangsters’
Michael Atkinson: Ex-Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Lloyd Austin: US Secretary of Defense.
Brian Auten: FBI official who oversaw the agency's inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election
James Baker: FBI's former general counsel
Bill Barr: Attorney general under Trump
John Bolton: Trump's one-time national security adviser
Stephen Boyd: Fomer head of legislative affairs at the Justice Department
Joe Biden: President of the United States
John Brennan: Former CIA director under President Barack Obama
John Carlin: Former acting deputy attorney general
Eric Ciaramella: Former Ukraine director of the National Security Council under Obama
Pat Cipollone: Former White House counsel under Trump
James Clapper: Former director of national intelligence during the Obama administration
Hillary Clinton: Former Secretary of State
James Comey: Ex-FBI Director
Elizabeth Dibble: Former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in London.
Mark Esper: Secretary of Defense under Trump.
Alyssa Farah Griffin: Former director of strategic communications
Evelyn Farkas: Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
Merrick Garland: U.S. attorney general.
Stephanie Grisham: Trump's former press secretary
Kamala Harris: US Vice President
Gina Haspel: Former CIA director
Fiona Hill: Former National Security Council official
Curtis Heide: FBI supervisory agent
Eric Holder: Attorney general during the Obama administration
Robert Her: Justice Department special counsel
Cassidy Hutchinson: Former aide to Trump's ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows
Nina Jankowicz: Former executive director of the Disinformation Governance Board during the Biden administration
Samantha Power: Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development under Biden and former ambassador to the United Nations under Obama.
Bill Priestap: Former assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division.
Susan Rice: Former national security adviser to Obama.
Rod Rosenstein: Former deputy attorney general who appointed Mueller to oversee the Trump-Russia investigation.
Peter Strzok: Former deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division who criticized Trump in private texts with Lisa Page.
Jake Sullivan: Biden's national security adviser.
Michael Sussmann: Former Democratic lawyer who was charged with lying to the FBI; and was acquitted in 2022.
Miles Taylor: Former Department of Homeland Security official during the Trump administration
Timothy Thibault: Former assistant special agent at the FBI's field office in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Weissmann: Former DOJ official
Alexander Vindman: Former Director for European Affairs who testified against Trump during his first impeachment proceeding.
Christopher Wray: FBI Director
Sally Yates: Former acting attorney general under Trump
Lois Lerner: Former director of the Internal Revenue Service under Obama.
Charles Kupperman: Former deputy national security adviser during Trump's first term.
Kenneth Mackenzie: Former head of the United States Central Command and retired Marine Corps General.
Andrew McCabe: Former deputy FBI director during Trump's first term.
Ryan McCarthy: Former secretary of the Army under Trump.
Mary McCord: Justice Department's former acting assistant attorney general for national security during the Obama administration.
Denis McDonough: Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Obama's one-time chief of staff.
Mark Milley: Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who called Trump "fascist" and said he was "the most dangerous person to this country."
Lisa Monaco: Deputy U.S. attorney general.
Sally Moyer: Former supervisory lawyer at the FBI.
Robert Mueller: Former FBI director and special counsel who investigated links between the Trump campaign and Russia-linked individuals.
Bruce Ohr: Former associate deputy attorney general who was heavily criticized by Trump and his allies over his contact with the former British spy Christopher Steele, who wrote the so-called Steele dossier..
Nellie Ohr: Ohr's wife, a former CIA employee who later worked as an independent contractor for Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned the Steele dossier.
Lisa Page: former FBI lawyer who criticized Trump in text messages with FBI official Peter Strzok.
Pat Philbin: Former deputy White House counsel under Trump.
John Podesta: Senior adviser to Biden
