The FBI announced Wednesday it is severing its partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), with Director Kash Patel issuing an unusual attack against the group that battles antisemitism.

Patel blasted former FBI Director James Comey, referencing a speech the former director gave to the group in 2014, which he called a "love letter to the ADL" when he again addressed the group in 2017. Comey has been a top target of President Trump and was indicted last month.

“James Comey wrote 'love letters' to the ADL,” Patel wrote Wednesday, adding that Comey “embedded FBI agents with them.”

“That era is OVER. This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs.”

The announcement came the day after the ADL abruptly ended its Glossary of Extremism.

“With over 1,000 entries written over many years, the ADL Glossary of Extremism has served as a source of high-level information on a wide range of topics for years. At the same time, an increasing number of........

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