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Kash Patel

Official FBI portrait of Kash Patel in 2025.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized
PersonInner circle2 relationships

First-administration national-security and defense official whom Trump nominated to lead the FBI; FBI director as of September 3, 2026.

Relationship to TrumpFBI director in Trump's second administrationlegal · political / 2 sources

Status

  1. FBI directoroffice / 2025-02-21–2026-09-032 sources · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to TrumpFBI director in Trump's second administration

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    first-administration national-security official

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented

Record timeline

  1. Trump's FBI nominee takes officeFBI director as of September 3, 2026FBI director in Trump's second administration · documented · 2 sources
  2. Patel holds national-security roles in Trump's first administrationFormer first-administration national-security and defense officialfirst-administration national-security official · documented · 1 source