Tom Fitton Questions if Kash Patel & Dan Bongino Are Deep State Hostages

Judicial Watch's Concerns with FBI Leadership

• 🔍 Judicial Watch is concerned about the FBI's new leadership, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, and their perceived lack of action against corruption.
• 💡 Tom Fitton questions if Patel and Bongino are taking sufficient steps to clean up corruption within the FBI, suggesting more drastic measures like mass firings.
• 🏛️ The FBI and DOJ have failed to provide requested Epstein files and records regarding their handling of these files, citing exceptional circumstances.

Lack of Transparency and FOIA Compliance

• 📄 Judicial Watch sued months ago for the Epstein files, and the government's response was due last week, yet not one document has been provided.
• 🚫 The FBI's position on transparency has not changed in practice, with continued stonewalling and stalling on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
• ⚖️ Fitton emphasizes that complying with FOIA law is not a matter of having time to build cases, but about following the law.

"Hostages of the Deep State" Article

• 📰 An article by Micah Morrison titled "FBI's Patel and Bonino, Hostages of the Deep State" suggests that Patel and Bonino are limited by the deep state consensus and inertia.
• 🤝 While acknowledging Patel and Bongino as allies and friends, the article points out that their time for true change is running out.
• ⚠️ Conservative insiders are alarmed by signs that Patel and Bonino have been taken hostage by the deep state, failing to implement meaningful changes at the FBI.

Broader Issues with Government Agencies

• 🌍 Fitton discusses how the deep state's approach to foreign policy issues like Ukraine, Russia, and Iran is to manage problems rather than solve them.
• 📉 He questions the continued existence of the CIA, citing decades of documented failures and suggesting other agencies could handle its functions.
• 🎯 The core responsibility of FBI leadership, in Fitton's view, should be to dismantle the FBI and protect the republic, rather than managing bureaucracy.

Distrust in the FBI Institutionally

• 🚫 Fitton expresses a fundamental distrust in the FBI institutionally, stating it should not remain in its current form.
• 🚨 The FBI's withholding of records related to the Biden administration's internal deliberations on censoring Americans is cited as an example of unacceptable practices.
• 📉 Despite promises of change, the FBI and Justice Department have not significantly improved their accountability or transparency since new leadership took over.