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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Maryam Khanum

Newly Named FBI Director Kash Patel Suggests Federal Workers Who Disagree With the President Should Be 'Put in Jail' in Resurfaced Clip

A Republican senator called out President Donald Trump's FBI Director nominee Kash Patel for his "aggressive political activity" in her vow to vote against his nomination. (Credit: Getty Images)

Freshly confirmed Director of the FBI, Kash Patel, suggested that federal employees who disagree with the President should be imprisoned in a resurfaced clip on social media.

"It's pretty simple Steve. One, we gotta win again in '22 and '24 and then personnel, you know, is policy. And not just at the principle level, you gotta go down, 2, 3, 4 levels down undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, deputies, chiefs of staff, they all have to be people who agree with the commander in chief and don't believe they can overcome the commander in chief just because they think they are saving America," Patel said to former White House chief strategist and media personality Steve Bannon during a 2022 appearance on his War Room podcast.

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