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Left: Men's U.S. Oympic hockey team locker room, men celebrating their win, a hand seen holding a phone. Text overlay reads, "President Trump invites the US hockey team to the state of the union." Right: FBI director Kash Patel partying in the men's hockey team locker room after their Olympic gold win.

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Two panel image with Judge Hannah Dugan on left and Kash Patel on right.

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Kash Patel’s personnel moves at FBI cause break between QAnon, Jan. 6ers

‘Release a page’: MAGA rages as Pam Bondi again claims she has all the Epstein documents

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‘What is Kash hiding?’: Libs use old FBI Epstein file drop to push claims of new cover-up to protect Trump

Russian hackers extend olive branch to new FBI director Kash Patel

2 panel image of the confirmation hearing for Kash Patel. On the left is Mr. Patel and on the right are senators holding a poster of Mr. Patel next to Laura Loomer.

Kash Patel’s close ties to prominent conspiracy theorists called out at confirmation hearing

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Kash Patel once claimed he got to see who really killed JFK

‘Vindication’: QAnon believers erupting in joy over Kash Patel as FBI director

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