Kash Patel

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Defended Fulton County search warrant execution

The Justice Department wants unredacted voter files from every state that keeps registration records, including names, birth dates, driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers, for roughly 160 million registered voters. It sued 31 jurisdictions that refused. Courts have dismissed 27 of those suits, Oklahoma settled, and three remain pending.

Updated 3 days ago

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Leading the bureau's shift toward violent crime and immigration

FBI counterintelligence squads are running at 50% to 60% of their positions in many of the bureau's 56 field offices, five people familiar with the matter told NPR. In some offices, the number of spy-hunting squads has been cut in half.

Updated Oct 25

Force in Play

As of August 2026: Announced the disruption and executed the takedown with DOJ

The US Justice Department and FBI seized three internet domains on August 26, disabling two hacking platforms that Chinese state-sponsored operators used against NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Justice Department, and the US Senate. The takedown shut down QScan and QTRouter, tools the group known as QTFY had run since at least 2018.

Updated Aug 27

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As of August 2026: Plan to move to the Reagan Building blocked

The FBI has worked out of a crumbling Washington building since 1974. A federal judge just ruled that the government cannot keep it there, ordering officials to revive an approved plan for a new campus in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Updated Aug 18

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Overseeing response to dual cyber incidents — the DCS-3000 breach and a separate hack of his personal email by Iranian-linked hackers

Salt Typhoon, a hacking group tied to China's Ministry of State Security, spent years quietly burrowing into American telecommunications networks (AT&T, Verizon, and at least seven others) to access court-authorized wiretap systems. Now it has reached the FBI itself. On April 1, 2026, the FBI classified a breach of its Digital Collection System Network as a 'major incident' — the most serious cybersecurity designation available under federal law.

Updated May 30

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As of May 2026: Defended Fulton raid probable cause; revealed Trump personally thanked agents

On January 28, 2026, FBI agents seized 700 boxes of 2020 election ballots from a Fulton County warehouse. Four days later, on February 1, the Georgia Senate passed a resolution urging Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to hand over unredacted voter data to the DOJ — he refused, citing state privacy laws.

Updated May 23

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Leading FBI surge into Minnesota fraud investigations

On January 5, 2026, Governor Tim Walz announced he would drop his bid for a third term. The reversal came just two days before a contentious January 7 House Oversight Committee hearing where Republican state lawmakers testified that Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison ignored widespread fraud and silenced whistleblowers.

Updated May 21

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As of May 2026: Confirmed 51-49 on February 20, 2025

Trump's second-term cabinet confirmations became the most contentious in modern history. The Senate confirmed all 22 nominees, but only after contentious battles.

Updated May 19

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Cited in DOJ announcement on the Skipper seizure warrant

The U.S. Coast Guard is now chasing a third Venezuela-linked tanker in international waters near Venezuela—under a judicial seizure order. Two other tankers have already been stopped in the past 11 days, including one dramatic helicopter boarding that the administration amplified on social media.

Updated May 15