Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In 2022, Kash Patel, now the director of the FBI, published The Plot Against the King, the first in his series of illustrated children’s books. In The Plot and its two sequels, which draw on the stolen-2020-election conspiracy theory and the Trump-Russia probe, Patel appears as a wizard in a pointy blue hat (“Kash the Distinguished Discoverer”) who helps “King Donald” battle a series of foes who seek to usurp his throne. These include “Hillary Queenton,” “Baron Von Biden,” “Comma-la-la-la,” and “the heralds,” Patel’s name for the press, who spread rumors and lies about King Donald being a cheater. The heralds hold trumpets labeled “NYT,” “CNN,” and “The Post.” “Don’t just trust the person with the loudest trumpet,” Patel urges readers at one point.…