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Joseph Gedeon in Washington

FBI under Kash Patel has become ‘internally paralyzed by fear’, new report reveals

Kash Patel, wearing a baseball cap
Kash Patel speaks during a press conference near the spot where two national guards were shot in Washington DC. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock

The FBI director, Kash Patel, is “in over his head” and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts.

The leaked assessment, obtained by the New York Post and prepared for both congressional Senate and House judiciary committees, is based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources.

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