Trump Is Confronted With Kash Patel Report On Air Force One | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump was requested by a reporter aboard Air Force One Tuesday if he deliberate to exchange Kash Patel after a report that the FBI director was on “thin ice.”

“No, he’s doing a good job,” Trump replied. “Kash Patel? No, he’s doing a great job, I think.”

But that’s not what the president is definitely pondering, based on MS NOW, which cited three sources within the know. Patel’s use of taxpayer cash to guard his singer girlfriend and questioned journey on a authorities jet have maybe worn out his welcome, MS NOW reported. Trump has contemplated changing him with FBI co-deputy director Andrew Bailey, the channel wrote.

Patel has additionally fought with different Trump allies, MS NOW wrote, and was beforehand below fireplace for prematurely saying a suspect had been caught within the homicide of Charlie Kirk.

“This story is completely made up,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote Tuesday with a photograph of Trump and Patel beaming for the digicam.

“FBI Director Patel is a critical member of the President’s team, and he is working tirelessly to restore integrity to the FBI,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson added.

MS NOW caught by its story. “The organization stands behind its reporting,” a spokesperson informed Mediaite in a press release.