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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Kash Patel’s bizarre conspiracy theories haunt quest to become Donald Trump’s FBI director

Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as FBI director, has pushed a litany of wild conspiracy theories, complicating his aspirations to run the agency.

During a number of appearances on the War Room podcast of former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, Patel has argued that China is funding the Democrats and that the country is sending “military-aged males” across the northern and southern borders in an attempt to prepare for a preemptive strike.

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