“The Truth Is for Chumps:” Prepare for the Hunger Games
As you read the 100 page report about what a shitshow the FBI is under Kash Patel, keep the following in mind.
First, this report is an attack on Kash from the right, complaining among other things, that he hasn’t eradicated “Trump Derangement Syndrome” from the FBI and that Fox doesn’t play in FBI break rooms, while applauding him for eliminating DEI.
It was shared first with Miranda Devine, whose skillset is hit jobs, not government analysis.
It was shared as a Sribd.
It was sent to Chuck Grassley and Jim Jordan, but not their counterparts Dick Durbin and Jamie Raskin.
Yes, the report’s most damning anecdote describes that Kash delayed a presser in theTyler Robinson case until he could get a ladies’ sized jacket with the particular SWAG he wanted. Yes, it describes multiple sources quoting Dan Bongino saying, “the truth is for chumps.”
There’s even the very serious and persistent concern that the FBI has neglected its counterintelligence and counterterrorism mission (the report doesn’t mention rampant public corruption).
Perhaps the most telling detail, though, is there’s no mention of Andrew Bailey, ostensibly co-Deputy with Dan Bongino.
You see, in just two weeks, Bailey will be eligible to run the FBI or even DOJ without undergoing confirmation. And so you should expect that sometime after that, someone will be replaced.
Kash has long been the leading candidate to be replaced. But there’s likely to be a bit of a Hunger Games competition in the weeks ahead as various contestants attempt to keep their high flying planes.
When Bailey was appointed to his co-deputy director position, this is what I expected to happen once the 90 day timeframe elapsed. The question to me was whether he would replace Patel or Bongino. Back then, I was thinking Bongino, but now I am leaning toward Patel.
While I don’t think replacing Bondi is out of the question, I also think Trump would not like to have his compliant AG leave under these circumstances, as it would look too much like he made a mistake in nominating her in the first place. Patel’s missteps are so obvious and so ludicrous (FBI SWAT team members providing security to his girlfriend, anyone?) that he would be much easier to replace without Trump looking bad.
The next Democrat president whether male or female will be faced with rooting out the corrupt & incompetent from BOTH the FBI & DOJ. Toadys of all stripes must be removed with USSC at least reformed.