Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton reacted to Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel (see UPDATE: Trump Nominates MAGA Favorite Kash Patel As FBI Director; Patel Reacts) to be his FBI director by blasting him as a latter-day secret police chieftain. “Trump has nominated Kash Patel to be his Lavrenty Beria,” Bolton wrote. “Fortunately, the FBI is not the NKVD. The Senate should reject this nomination 100-0.”
Beria was a Stalin loyalist who succeeded to the leadership of the NKVD, the Stalinist equivalent of the Cheka and KGB. He carried out the purges of the 30s, ran the gulag system, and kept the Red Army in the field during the trying 1940-1942 period through the use of political commissars, blocking units, and summary executions.
From the point of view of most conservatives, John Bolton’s opposition to Patel is a solid endorsement of him. Years ago, I liked Bolton, but it has become apparent that he’s well past his prime in just about every endeavor. The over-the-top comparison of Patel to a murderer, torturer, and sexual predator — at least a dozen bodies were exhumed from his wife’s rose garden — marks Bolton as an unserious man on this subject.
The implication of Bolton’s mind-bogglingly stupid statement dovetails with that of Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and some other notables who push the idea that the FBI and the Department of Justice operate under their own rules and independently of any oversight. […]
Jake Sullivan, Bill Barr, & John Bolton are all against Kash Patel being in charge of The FBI.
All this tells me is that Kash Patel is the right choice!!
They all want Chris Wray to stay in.
However, the American People, are done with Wray and want Kash Patel!! pic.twitter.com/ydjzrMvIIH
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