Attorney General Pam Bondi swore in Kash Patel as the nation’s ninth FBI director Friday, and he delivered a short but passionate speech following the ceremony. The new director took to the podium and before he could even get started speaking, he received a rousing ovation from the assembled guests. “Wow wow wow,” he said.
He first thanked the "courageous warrior" Trump and "General Bondi" - "that sounds pretty freaking cool," he joked:
He then moved on to slamming the biased media for the smears they have relentlessly been throwing at him. “Bring it on,” he challenged:
I know the media's in here, and if you have a target [points to himself], that target’s right here. It's not the men and women at the FBI.
You've written everything you possibly can about me that's fake, malicious, slanderous and defamatory. Keep it coming—bring it on. But leave the men and women, the FBI out of it. [Applause.]
They deserve better.
Yes, they do.
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Patel promised that a new day at the FBI starts right now:
I promise you the following, there will be accountability within the FBI and outside of the FBI, and we will do it through rigorous constitutional oversight—starting this weekend.
He also wanted to remind us that the American Dream is still very much alive—and he himself has proved it:
I am living the American dream, and anyone that thinks the American dream is dead, just look right here. You're talking to her first-generation Indian kid who's about to lead the law enforcement community, the greatest nation on God's green earth. [Applause.]
That can't happen anywhere else. To the senators and the men and women of the United States House of Representatives, you placed an enormous trust in me, an enormous leap of faith—one that I didn't know that I could possibly earn back, but I'm gonna spend every single day on this job doing so. The fact that you placed the confidence you did in me has inspired me to reach new heights at this job.
Despite the hate from the press and folks like the odious Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Patel is an American success story. If he is able to root out the rot at the FBI like he says he will, then he will be doing a service to all Americans.
Here’s the whole speech – and it’s worth watching.