Trump appoints loyalist ex-aide as FBI director

Trump appoints loyalist ex-aide as FBI director

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Kash Patel, a former aide, to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency Patel has frequently criticized. Patel, who served as the chief of staff for the US Department of Defence during the initial Trump administration, has consistently backed the newly elected Republican president. For Patel to assume the…