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Kash
Patel,
the
MAGA
dipshit
who
Trump
wants
to
put
in
charge
of
the
FBI,
is
no
one’s
idea
of
a
serious
person.
This
is
a
guy
who
left
a
post
on
the
National
Security
Council
to
run
the
wingnut
grift
circuit.
Can
he
interest
you
in
some
wine?
American
flag
tchotchkes?
Children’s
books
about
King
Donald,
the
evil
Hillary
Queen,
and
a
heroic
wizard
named
Kash?
K$H!
…
You’re
damn
right.
Patel
has
been
very
busy
shouting
about
all
the
Deep
State
enemies
who
will
be
brought
to
justice
when
he’s
in
charge.
This
list
includes
obvious
ones,
like
Robert
Mueller,
Alexander
Vindman,
and
President
Biden.
But
it’s
also
got
some
surprises,
like
Pat
Cipollone,
the
former
White
House
Counsel
to
Trump,
and
Chris
Wray,
the
current
director
of
the
FBI,
whom
Trump
nominated
for
a
ten-year
term
in
2017
and
who
will
be
shoved
aside
to
make
way
for
Kash
himself.
But
now
Kash
has
set
his
sites
on
a
new
target:
former
Mike
Pence
aide
Olivia
Troye.
Troye,
a
lifelong
Republican
who
turned
into
a
vocal
Trump
critic,
said
mean
words
about
Kash
on
teevee,
and
this
is
not
allowed.
Patel
is
bigly
mad
about
Troye’s
appearance
on
MSNBC
last
week,
and
he’s
threatening
to
sue:
On
December
2,
2024,
you
appeared
as
a
live
guest
on
MSNBC
and
made
several
false
and
defamatory
statements
about
Mr.
Patel.
These
comments
include
that
Mr.
Patel
would
“lie
about
intelligence”
and
would
“lie
about
making
things
up
on
operations”
to
the
point
where
Mr.
Patel
“put
the
lives
of
Navy
Seals
at
risk
when
it
came
to
Nigeria,”
and
that
Mr.
Patel
was
even
misinforming
Vice
President
Mike
Pence.
Last
week,
Troye
referred
to
a
widely
reported
episode
where
Patel
is
said
to
have
lied
about
securing
permission
from
Nigeria
for
SEAL
Team
6
to
enter
that
country’s
airspace
for
a
hostage
rescue
operation.
And
Patel
is
big
mad
about
it.
“This
is
a
complete
fabrication,
and
you
know
it
is
false
by
virtue
of
your
former
position
in
the
White
House,”
he
fumes.
“Mr.
Patel
demands
that
you
retract
your
lies
in
a
public
statement
on
your
X
account
within
five
business
days
of
receipt
of
this
letter.
Unless
this
step
is
taken,
Mr.
Patel
will
take
swift
legal
action
to
uphold
his
rights
and
reputation.”
The
wanking
motion
is
implied.
Patel
is
in
fact
a
lawyer,
but,
amazingly,
he’s
not
embarking
on
this
exercise pro
se.
He’s
accompanied
by
MAGA
lawyer
Jesse
Binnall,
who
has
represented
Trump
and
the
Trump
campaign
in
various
garbage
trollsuits.
He
last
appeared
in
these
pages
as
the
lawyer
for
North
Carolina
Lt.
Governor
Mark
Robinson,
who
filed
a
$50
million
defamation
suit
against
CNN
and
a
former
porn
store
employee.
That
lawsuit
is
going
great.
And
apparently
Binnall
and
Troye
have
played
knifey-spooney
before.
“This
is,
of
course,
not
the
first
time
you
have
milked
your
former
title
as
a
means
of
spreading
lies
about
associates
of
President
Donald
J.
Trump.
You
are
already
embroiled
in
a
lawsuit
for
your
disgusting
lies
about
Ambassador
Ric
Grenell
on
Twitter,”
Binnall
snarks
in
his
Patel’s
cease
and
desist
howlergram.
Of
course
Binnall
represents
Grenell
in
that
lawsuit
against
Troye
—
there
are
only
three
lawyers
in
Trumpland,
and
he’s
one
of
them.
Troye
filed
a
motion
to
dismiss
under
Virginia’s
SLAPP
law
that
has
been
pending
since
May.
Meanwhile
Republicans
in
the
Senate
seem
alarmingly
receptive
to
Patel’s
nomination.
What
could
possibly
go
wrong
if
we
put
a
thin-skinned
bully
who
has
vowed
to
take
revenge
on
anyone
who
criticizes
him
in
charge
of
the
nation’s
law
enforcement?
Good
thing
that
guy
didn’t
sexually
harass
any
women,
or
he
might
be
in
real
trouble.
Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.