Trump’s FBI pick names Republican Party’s No. 1 enemy because ‘he always finds a way’ to beat them

The president-electIn order to support MAGA during Trump’s second term, Donald Trump’s choice to oversee the FBI has a novel idea: enlist a top Democratic elections lawyer.

The notion was put up on Steve Bannon’s podcast by Kash Patel, a contentious choice for the position since some have criticized his lack of experience and others fear that his public remarks may be used to use the FBI as a weapon against political rivals.

Marc Elias, the founder of Democracy Docket, which specializes in election disputes and voting rights, was mentioned by Patel.

Since he has been winning election-related cases in state and federal courts like a machine for the past ten years, he is the Republican Party’s worst nemesis. He’s never going to come over, but if we could somehow get him on the squad, that would be something, Patel said. If you want someone who’s that good and talented, there’s only one guy, and I hate to say it’s Marc Elias.

As a reminder, I was called “an enemy of the Republican Party” by Kash Patel to Steve Bannon because I “always find a way to win.”DHZgmZaC pic.twitter.com/2n

Within Trump’s inner circle, Patel has long been recognized as a devoted follower who shares the president-elect’s mistrust of the FBI and intelligence establishment. But now that Trump has chosen him to head the FBI, he is getting new attention from both the public and Congress.

Patel may anticipate criticism for his stated loyalty to Trump as well as his belief—expressed in interviews and his own book over the past year—that the century-old FBI should undergo a fundamental revamp as he prepares for a painful and probably drawn-out Senate confirmation battle.

Patel has argued for dismantling the National Security Agency and CIA, as well as the rest of the federal government’s intelligence apparatus.

He has stated that he would be in favor of separating the FBI’s intelligence shops from the rest of its criminal investigation operations.

This report was contributed to by the Associated Press.

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