Article in The New Republic by Edith Olmstead, 10/6/26

Headline:  “Why the Hell Is Kash Patel’s FBI Making Campaign Ads?”

Subhead:  “Patel has turned the bureau into a P.R. agency for Donald Trump.”

“Kash Patel’s FBI slammed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in a wildly partisan, and likely illegal, propaganda video Tuesday.

“In a two-minute video posted on social media, the supposedly nonpartisan agency decried “democratic socialist leaders” for calling to defund the police. . .”

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https://newrepublic.com/post/216292/kash-patel-fbi-campaign-ads-donald-trump11:34 PM 10/6/2026