Even the FBI must answer to DOGE.
As Kash Patel moves forward in his confirmation process this week, the agency he is poised to lead is in the midst of upheaval. The Office of Personnel Management ordered the law enforcement agency last week to submit a list of 1,000 relatively new special agents who are still on their first- or second-year probationary periods, according to a person familiar with the details.
It’s only the latest hit to the FBI, which is under attack from the outside by Fox News hosts, congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump — and likely soon from the inside should Patel be confirmed. Within the first month of Trump’s presidency, the White House purged top agency leaders and circumvented the FBI in the security clearance process, and FBI agents had to go to court to ensure the administration wouldn’t put their safety at risk.