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FBI Director Kash Patel has forced dozens of staff to take lie detector tests while in ‘panic mode’ to save his job: report

The Independent·Joe Sommerlad·25 days ago
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FBI Director Kash Patel has ordered more than two dozen current and former members of his security detail to undergo lie detector tests in an attempt to flush out leakers from the bureau, according to a report. Sources told MS NOW that the director ordered the polygraphing of those staff, as well as several IT professionals, and has also “walled himself off from some senior bureau leaders” this week as he fights to save his job, with the network characterizing his mood as “panic mode.” However, FBI spokesman Ben Williamson has disputed the claims, responding: “I’ve been in the usual operational leader meetings with him every day this week… it’s false.” FBI Director Kash Patel has sued The Atlantic after the publication published a story about his allegedly excessive drinking (Getty) “The only people in panic are the ‘panicans’ in the media pushing out false stories because they spend zero time covering the record-breaking success in reduction in crime at this FBI.” Patel was the subject of a scathing profile…

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