Kash Patel’s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.
Even if Trump officials have privately criticized Mr. Patel, particularly over his use of government assets, rumors about his firing or forced resignation have yet to materialize.
Bill Essayli, picked by President Trump to run the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, argued that the case should dispel any skepticism toward the administration’s claims about the danger of violence from the left.
Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, and President Trump have clashed for years, in part because of the civil suit she brought against him, his company and his family members.
Lindsey Halligan’s indictments against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, were dismissed last month over Ms. Halligan’s appointment.
Mr. Patel decided to fire the agents before the bureau’s Office of Professional Responsibility made their decision following an internal investigation.
After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter.
The dismissal of indictments that President Trump sought against his perceived foes opens the door for federal judges to pick a new U.S. attorney to replace a Trump loyalist.
In this handout photograph provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, Venezuelan migrants arrive at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March.
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