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William Webster Urges Senate to Reject Trump Nominees

December 27, 2024 at 8:49 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A former head of the FBI and CIA is raising objections over whether Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to be directors of the FBI and national intelligence, respectively, are qualified to serve in the Cabinet,” Politico reports.

“In a letter to senators on Thursday, William Webster, the only person to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that neither nominee meets the demands of top intelligence jobs.”

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