Common Cause members like you stopped Matt Gaetz because we knew what a disaster he’d be. But President-elect Trump just announced another pick that could be just as – or more – dangerous: Kash Patel for FBI Director. [1]

Here’s what you need to know about Kash Patel, and why he simply cannot be handed this much power:

• Working in the first Trump administration, Patel was notorious for his unwavering loyalty to Trump – wanting to please him above everything else, even the rule of law. [2]

• He helped push Trump’s lies about the 2020 election and openly supports the dangerous and baseless “QAnon” conspiracy theory – saying “there's a lot of good to it", spreading QAnon posts on social media, and even writing QAnon conspiracies into a children's book that he authored. [3]

• And he has made his priorities clear: announcing on a podcast that he and President-elect Trump are “dead serious” about radically transforming the FBI to serve Trump’s revenge agenda and target political opponents and journalists – all while giving a free pass to violent January 6th insurrectionists. [4]

We already knew that current FBI Director Christopher Wray was going to be on Trump’s target list after his FBI held Trump to the same standards as any other American and searched Mar-a-Lago as part of Trump’s classified documents case.  

But Kash Patel is, without exaggeration, one of the most extreme choices Trump could have made. We can’t let it stand.

If you agree Kash Patel belongs nowhere near the FBI, add your name to urge the Senate to REJECT this dangerous nomination >>

[1] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-fire-fbi-director-christopher-wray-replace/story?id=116342099
[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/kash-patel-trump-national-security-council/679566/
[3] https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/kash-patel-qanon-trump-fbi/
[4] https://thehill.com/homenews/4344065-bannon-patel-trump-revenge-on-media/