Kash Patel
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kashyap Pramod Patel, Kashyap P. Patel, Kash P. Patel, Kashyap Patel, Kash Pramod Patel
Kash Patel is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel also served as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from February to April 2025.
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- Born
- abt 1980
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Government Gangsters
- Improving financial stability for community college students
- Plot Against the King 3
- The Plot Against the King
- Plot Against the King 2000 Mules
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Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Deputy
- Robert Kissane (acting) Dan Bongino Andrew Bailey Christopher Raia
- Preceded by
- Christopher A. Wray
- Succeeded by
- Daniel P. Driscoll (acting)
- Born
- Kashyap Pramod Patel , ( 1980-02-25 ) February 25, 1980 (age 46) , Garden City, New York , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Domestic partner
- Alexis Wilkins (2023–present)
- Education
- University of Richmond ( BA ) University College London ( CertHE ) Pace University ( JD )
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Encyclopedic overview
Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel also served as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from February to April 2025.
Patel studied criminal justice and history at the University of Richmond and graduated from the Pace University School of Law. In 2005, he began working as a public defender in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and later as a federal public defender for the Southern District of Florida. Patel worked as a staff member at the Department of Justice from 2012 to 2017; he then left the department and became a senior aide to Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Patel was the primary author of the Nunes memo, alleging that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials abused their authority in the FBI investigation into links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials.
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