On Monday, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina sent a letter to the deputy director of the FBI asking about reports that Iran potentially targeted Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the bureau, in a cyberattack. Patel is the latest of Trump’s picks to have allegedly been attacked by hackers from the country. It’s something that a number of Republicans have been quick to shout about.
Tillis going to the mat for Patel is not surprising. Last week, he told The Independent that he was inclined to support Trump’s FBI pick despite Patel’s penchant for conspiracy theories.
