{"id":3715,"date":"2026-07-11T14:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2026-07-11T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:49:17","slug":"chris-hayes-worries-about-trump-firing-kash-patel-at-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3715","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hayes Worries About Trump Firing Kash Patel at FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>MS NOW\u2019s <strong>Chris Hayes<\/strong> said he is concerned that President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> may fire FBI Director<strong> Kash Patel<\/strong> and replace him with a more competent director who will do his bidding.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, MS NOW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/kash-patel-called-to-white-house-on-heels-of-continued-questions-over-his-behavior\">reported<\/a> that Patel was summoned to the White House as he waited to board the FBI jet for a flight to Chicago. The official reason for the trip was a visit to the FBI Field Office there, but the director\u2019s girlfriend, <strong>Alexis Wilkins<\/strong>, is set to perform at a music festival in the city. Patel has used the FBI jet on multiple occasions to visit Wilkins.<\/p>\n<p>MS NOW said senior administration officials have become increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/kash-patel-reportedly-summoned-to-white-house-as-frustration-mounts-cancels-weekend-trip-to-see-girlfriend\/\">frustrated<\/a> with Patel\u2019s jet-setting ways, which have included a visit to the Winter Olympics, where Patel chugged beer with U.S. men\u2019s hockey players after they won the gold medal. Shortly before being called to the White House, the director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/kash-patel-posts-salty-response-to-ms-now-report-on-his-lavish-lifestyle-my-jet-ski-is-gold-plated\/\">angrily tweeted<\/a> about MS NOW\u2019s coverage of him. That post included a screenshot of an article from the outlet with an image of a blue and white jet ski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNah, my jet ski is gold plated\u2026.dumbass,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kash_Patel\/status\/2075544869267706152\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday\u2019s <em>All In<\/em>, Hayes told Rep. <strong>Jamie Raskin<\/strong> (D-MD) that Trump firing Patel could be a double-edged sword:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So often in this era, one finds oneself reaching for the old joke about the food being terrible and the portions are so small. There\u2019s a little bit of Kash Patel, which is like, do you want someone who\u2019s more focused on like spending 16 hours a day building the Donald Trump aspiring dictator secret police? Some J. Edgar Hoover 2.0 who answers to a person who\u2019s the largest threat to American democracy in my lifetime?<\/p>\n<p>Or do you want someone who seems to mostly want to spend his time on jet skis and seeing his girlfriend? Like, I do worry a little bit that a more determined person with the power that Patel has been granted could genuinely pose a graver threat to American democracy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Raskin replied, \u201cYeah, I mean, that\u2019s quite a choice between petty corruption and authoritarianism. Unfortunately, they tend to go together, and it would be great to have a real law enforcement professional take over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via MS NOW.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS NOW\u2019s Chris Hayes said he is concerned that President Donald Trump may fire FBI Director Kash Patel and replace him with a more competent director who will do his bidding. 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