***IMMEDIATE ACTION***Oppose Kash Patel for FBI Director at his Senate Judiciary Hearing on 1/30/25
Trump has nominated Kash Patel to be FBI Director. Although, by law, FBI Directors are appointed to 10-year terms to avoid their position’s politicization, Trump illegally fired James Comey during his first term and pressured Christopher Wray to resign seven years into his term to make room for Kash Patel.
A long-time MAGA loyalist, conspiracy theorist, and right wing attack dog, lacking in experience and expertise, Patel plans to politicize the FBI and weaponize it against anyone thought to be disloyal to Trump—journalists, government officials, nonprofit organizations, and even ordinary Americans.
Patel’s long track record of spreading disproven lies and conspiracy theories about civil servants, elected officials of any party, and the FBI itself, and his vow to punish everyone who refused to promote the Big Lie about the 2020 election, makes him an extremely dangerous FBI Director.
Patel will be appearing before the Judiciary Committee for a hearing on his nomination on Thursday, January 30. As your constituent, I urge you to convince your colleagues to use this opportunity to explain to the American people how dangerous Patel’s weaponization of our justice system will be and to remind them that any Senator voting for him will be complicit in the harms he will cause to innocent Americans, the rule of law, and democracy itself.
ACTION One: Call the Senate.
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
