President Trump on Monday praised his pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, as “the one guy” to “make the FBI great again,” days after his confirmation hearing.

“Look at what they've done in terms of weaponization. Look at what they've done to a political opponent. Probably got me elected by what they did,” Trump said of the agency that he called “very corrupt.”

“I think I was doing well anyway, but they might’ve got me elected. But you know what? We have to have pristine, beautiful, perfect law enforcement. And what we want to do — Kash is the one to do it. He's the one guy that's going to do it,” Trump told reporters. "Kash will straighten it out. We have great confidence that we can make the FBI great again."

Patel appeared Thursday for his confirmation........

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