Less than a year into his tenure atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency, FBI Director Kash Patel finds himself once again in a crouch. This time following the shooting death of far-right provocateur and activist Charlie Kirk last week. Patel was already hampered with criticism — and a recently filed lawsuit — over his heavy-handed partisan leadership at the agency to date. Now, he faces increasing calls for accountability after a series of high-profile blunders during the early stages of the Kirk investigation. Despite public support from President Donald Trump, Patel’s place in this administration is in as precarious a place as it’s ever been amidst bipartisan calls for answers.

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Patel’s “false assurance” in the immediate aftermath of the

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