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Glenn Thrush

@glennthrush

New York Times DC correspondent, ex-POLITICO, ex-Newsday, ex-City Limits. Win-win lose-lose.

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Patel called our story about his firing of two highly-regarded field FBI agents without an investigation "one sided." The bureau was given a detailed list of questions a day in advance of publication and has yet to respond. Patel decline to discuss "personnel" matters at SJC.

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When pressed on reports/evidence that the FBI asked political questions to applicants -- and that he fired agents on the orders of the White House -- Patel has offered one or both of these answers: 1) I never heard about it 2) It's false, disgraceful, etc.

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Kash Patel on Jeffrey Epstein -- and whether the FBI is hiding a secret trafficking list: There is "no credible information that he trafficked to other individuals..." Says he's read most of the files but not all.

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Patel dodges arguably the most important question of the hearing (from Blumenthal): Did the W.H. order political firings -- as alleged by senior FBI leaders in a lawsuit? Won't comment on pending lawsuits, says he makes all final decisions -- starts shouting...

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Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is using the Patel is shouting that he knows what "drove a killer to plan and carry out a murder on the most prominent conservative activist" -- leftists. Calls that violence is coming from both sides is "bullshit."

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Patel refuses to provide basic data to Dem senators. When Hirono asks a fundamental question: How many agents have left the FBI since he took over (circa 5,000) he berates her, shouts over her questions.

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NEW: Kash Patel embraced Trump’s attack-the-attacker style with bellowing brio during four high-volume, low-info hours on the Hill on Tuesday. He wasn't there to answer questions. He was there to brawl. And show off for the boss. Me and Alan Feuer nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/…

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A defining characteristics of Trump II has been to take actions that have never been taken -- or even publicly contemplated -- then casting them as routine, commonsensical or supported by tradition.

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REMINDER: A Fox host on a Trump-allied morning show recently said that mentally ill people should be killed with lethal injections. He offered a brief apology for making a "callous" remark, and was not suspended. nytimes.com/2025/09/15/bus…