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Kash Patel Says Comey’s ‘Political Statement’ Inspired Copycats And Caused Other Headaches For FBI
Daily Caller ^ | May 28, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 05/29/2025 8:47:12 AM PDT by Red Badger

FBI Director Kash Patel slammed former FBI Director James Comey on Fox News Wednesday and accused him of sparking a culture of political grandstanding that has made the agency’s job harder.

Comey deleted an Instagram post showing the number “8647” after Republicans and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said he implied a threat against President Donald Trump. They opened an investigation. During an interview on “Special Report with Bret Baier,” Patel said Comey’s action has sparked a wave of copycat threats and distracted agents from real threats to national security.

“If he wants to come after me, no problem. I’ve been living rent-free in that guy’s head for years, and that’s just a bonus. Do you know how many copycats we’ve had to investigate as a result of that beachside venture from the former director?” Patel asked.

Patel accused Comey of doing more than just offering political commentary.

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“Do you know how many agents I’ve had to take offline from chasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists? Everywhere across this country, people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the president of the United States is a joke, and they can do it because he did it,” Patel told host Bret Baier. “That’s what I’m having to deal with every single day, and that’s what I’m having to pull my agents and analysts off [of], because he thought it was funny to go out there and make a political stand.”

Comey’s leadership, Patel said, not only demoralized rank-and-file FBI agents but also undermined the bureau’s credibility.

“The FBI is bigger than any leader it’s ever had or ever will have. And James Comey is a private citizen, and he can walk around the beach and talk about seashells and crayons for all I care about and talk about how we’re the conspiracy theorists,” Patel said.

Patel pointed to what he called Comey’s most dangerous legacy, the abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court process during the 2016 election.

“I just remind the American people of one thing. When that man was a leader of the FBI, he perpetrated the largest criminal conspiracy, packaged political information from overseas, took it to a federal FISA court and illegally surveilled a political opponent,” Patel added. “So, I won’t be lectured on how to run this FBI from that man.”

Comey approved FISA warrant applications against Carter Page three times between 2016 and 2017, relying heavily on the discredited Steele dossier to claim Page was a Russian agent. A Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general later said the FBI withheld key evidence. The DOJ ruled the final two warrants, including one signed by Comey, were invalid.

Following Comey’s Instagram post, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Comey should be arrested for allegedly threatening the president’s life. Comey dismissed her remarks as “ridiculous” and said they reflect poorly on the current administration’s leadership.

Trump has already survived two assassination attempts during the 2024 campaign. In July, a gunman wounded him at a Pennsylvania rally, and, in September, another suspect tried to carry out an attack at his Florida golf club.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 86comey; carterpage; comey; domesticterrorist; dumbingdownfr; fbi; growup; incitingassassins; insurrectionist; kashbash; obsessedwhining; patelbashing; patelwhiners; patelwhining; seditionist

1 posted on 05/29/2025 8:47:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

So arrest him.


2 posted on 05/29/2025 8:48:28 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Red Badger

Dear Kash, indict, charge and arrest or just STFU. Thanks.


3 posted on 05/29/2025 8:53:15 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: Rocco DiPippo
Dear Kash, indict, charge and arrest or just STFU. Thanks.

Yep

4 posted on 05/29/2025 8:54:31 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Rocco DiPippo

Exactly, stop whining and do something. I am tired of him and Blondi going on FNC crying about it and then that is the end of it.


5 posted on 05/29/2025 8:56:55 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: Red Badger

Kash, less talky, more perp-walky. Chop chop!


6 posted on 05/29/2025 8:56:58 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Red Badger

And????


7 posted on 05/29/2025 8:57:01 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Red Badger

Whining will not change a thing. Actions will. Scumbag Comey is taunting you because he thinks you look too afraid to act based on what he has seen so far.


8 posted on 05/29/2025 8:57:18 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Red Badger

no accountability .. and they KNOW it.

so, how about this Rx?

Arrest. trial. waterboard. trials. Tribunals. Justice.


9 posted on 05/29/2025 8:59:29 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Rocco DiPippo

In the private sector when a manager tells you their job is very difficult it is important to believe them...

and fire them.

Find someone who can handle the job and make it look easy.


10 posted on 05/29/2025 9:00:15 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: cgbg

Arrest him, beat the snot out of him, then put him away.

Then come on Fox and warn the rest of America.


11 posted on 05/29/2025 9:04:54 AM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: Red Badger

all part of the plan Kash.


12 posted on 05/29/2025 9:21:42 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: Red Badger

“I just remind the American people of one thing. When that man was a leader of the FBI, he perpetrated the largest criminal conspiracy, packaged political information from overseas, took it to a federal FISA court and illegally surveilled a political opponent,” Patel added.

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OK...criminal conspiracy...illegally surveilled. Now what are the consequences?


13 posted on 05/29/2025 9:31:54 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Red Badger

Of course Biden and his crew calling Trump a Nazi didn’t have any affect on the assassination attempts on his life. But hey, Comey’s a Democrat ... encouraging assassination of a sitting President is just a misdemeanor offense to them ... but if a republican uses a wrong pronoun ...felony time


14 posted on 05/29/2025 9:38:07 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (In a way ge is right as)
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To: dforest

“Scumbag Comey is taunting you”

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Yep, and the mousey Patel is doing nothing but whining about it and quickly losing respect and credibility.


15 posted on 05/29/2025 9:38:34 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Red Badger

BTTT


16 posted on 05/29/2025 10:14:00 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Red Badger

Comey knew exactly what he was doing.


17 posted on 05/29/2025 10:24:21 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Red Badger

Subpoena him, make him tell that BS story under oath, and then indict him for perjury.


18 posted on 05/29/2025 4:01:02 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
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