The Megyn Kelly Show
Kash Patel Takes Over FBI, Hamas Hostage Outrage, and DOGE Refund Potential: AM Update for 2/21
Fri, 21 Feb 2025
AM Update for 2/21: Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI Director in a 51-49 vote, as Mitch McConnell announces his retirement. Hamas terrorists parade the coffins of the Bibas children through Gaza, but their mother's body is missing. President Trump’s approval rating dips. The White House considers using DOGE savings for taxpayer refunds.Ground News: Use the link https://groundnews.com/megynfor 40% off the Vantage subscription to see through mainstream media narratives. Tax Network USA: CALL 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN to speak with a strategist for FREE today
Chapter 1: Who is the new FBI Director?
Kash Patel is confirmed to a 10-year term as FBI director, with a surprise supporter carrying him across the finish line.
Chapter 2: What was the international reaction to the Hamas incident?
It was so humiliating, so disgusting, so despicable. Even the UN Commissioner on Human Rights condemned it strongly and fearfully.
Chapter 3: How is President Trump's approval rating changing?
Our worst fears confirmed. Hamas terrorists parade the coffins, of the innocent Biba's children through the streets of Gaza before returning the tiny captives to Israel. We'll have a full report. And a new slate of polls shows slight changes to President Trump's approval rating. And is Doge about to send you a refund check? All that and more coming up on your AM Update.
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That's ground, G-R-O-U-N-D, news.com slash Megan to take back control of the news you consume. Kash Patel confirmed as FBI director. The vote was 51 to 49. Senator Mitch McConnell surprising many with his vote in favor of Mr. Patel. Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining every Democrat to vote against the nominee.
Chapter 5: What controversies surround Kash Patel's confirmation?
Mr. Patel was believed to be one of President Trump's most controversial nominees. In fact, many pundits on both sides suggested there was zero chance he would make it through. Yesterday morning, six Senate Democrats held a brief press conference outside of the Hoover Building in one last-ditch effort to protest his confirmation.
Kash Patel, mark my words, will cause evil in this building behind us. He's an instrument of Donald Trump's effort to destroy the Justice Department and the FBI so that he is absolutely and completely not only above the law, but beyond the law.
This is a real danger and a real threat. This vote will haunt you. You will be held accountable.
He is a yes man for President Trump, already undermining the critical bureau he wants to lead.
Former Congressman, now Senator, Adam Schiff of California also weighed in.
He will misuse the resources of the bureau. He will weaponize it against the president's political opponents. rather than protecting the safety, the public safety of the American people.
As a congressman, Mr. Schiff was removed from his position on the House Intel Committee by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. As then chairman of that committee, Mr. Schiff led the hearings investigating Russian influence in the 2016 election.
For years, he told the American people that behind closed doors, he had seen evidence of President Trump's direct collusion with Russia to win the 2016 election.
Donald Trump was really the one who enabled this Russian operation to be so successful by giving them cover, by denying it was even happening, by denying it was the Russians. I think there's plenty of evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight. You can see evidence in plain sight on the issue of collusion, pretty compelling evidence.
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Chapter 6: Why is Mitch McConnell retiring?
Follow-up investigations revealed none of that. In fact, we've learned that the story was based off of phony intel originally funded by the Clinton campaign. The FBI knew the intel was questionably sourced, but used it anyway to secure FISA warrants that allowed them to spy on Trump advisor Carter Page and, by extension, the Trump campaign.
Text messages between two top FBI agents revealed their plan to, quote, stop Trump from getting elected. Republicans frequently criticized the FBI under the Biden administration, which created a specific threat tag, edu officials that would monitor parents attending school board meetings as potential threats.
A leaked January 2023 FBI memo proposed monitoring some Catholics, suggesting Catholics interested in the traditional Latin mass could be linked to extremist groups. That memo was later retracted. trust in the FBI has been on a steady decline. A 2003 Gallup poll showed 53% rated the FBI as good or excellent. As of 2024, that number had dropped to 41%.
President Trump campaigned on a promise of rooting out partisan actors from the Justice Department and FBI. A DOJ spokesperson said earlier this week, quote, this DOJ will return to its core function of prosecuting dangerous criminals, not pursuing politically motivated witch hunts. Like Mr. Trump, Bobby Kennedy, and Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel is a fierce critic of the very bureau he now oversees.
He made the following statement in a September episode of The Sean Ryan Show.
The biggest problem the FBI has had has come out of its intel shops. I'd break that component out of it. I'd shut down the FBI Hoover building on day one and reopening the next day as a museum of the deep state. And I'd take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them across America to chase down criminals. Go be cops. You're cops. Go be cops.
Mr. Patel played a key role identifying FBI misconduct related to the Steele dossier. Reuters reports that in the first month of the second Trump administration, at least 75 career DOJ lawyers and FBI officials have either resigned, been fired, or stripped of their posts. FBI directors typically serve 10-year terms.
Prior to his vote for Kash Patel yesterday, Senator Mitch McConnell announcing his own retirement.
Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last.
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