Some extremists who were recently the targets of the FBI are applauding Donald Trump’s appointment of Maga loyalist Kash Patel as its new director, which experts are warning is a sign of an emboldened far right now seen as a diminishing existential threat inside the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
In what was a fraught and contentious Senate confirmation hearing last week, Patel, Trump’s pick to head the FBI, made a point to describe some of the racism he has faced in the US as the son of Indian Gujarati immigrants.
