Kash Patel: “Patel has vowed to smash what he calls the deep state.”

“Patel would replace his former pick, Christopher Wray, who still technically has three years left on his ten year tenure. But Patel has vowed to smash what he calls the deep state. And he says the FBI's mission creep is reducing its effectiveness and causing it to violate Americans civil liberties.” (00:21–00:25)

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