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With echoes of Joan Rivers and Kash Patel, Eric Adams lashes out at the media in DC speech • Apr. 18, 2025, 9:31 AM ET (Politico)
FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Arrest in New Mexico Tesla Arson Attack • Apr. 15, 2025, 5:45 AM ET (Newsweek)
Secretary of the Army replaces Kash Patel as acting ATF director: Sources • Apr. 14, 2025, 5:45 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
FBI analyst targeted in Kash Patel's book is placed on leave • Apr. 13, 2025, 3:17 AM ET (NBC)
FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives • Apr. 10, 2025, 6:25 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Also Known As Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel
Born February 25, 1980 (age 45) • Garden City • New York

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