Trump admin shuts down rumor about FBI director

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00:00Trump admin shuts down rumor about FBI director.

00:04Rumors of an FBI shakeup under President Donald Trump have been denied by the White House.

00:09Reports that Director Cash Patel could be replaced recently surfaced amid growing scrutiny of his leadership.

00:15Three insiders told MS Now that Trump was considering the change,

00:19but White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt adamantly rejected the claim.

00:23This story is completely made up, Levitt wrote on X.

00:27According to the report, the President and other White House staff had told allies

00:31that Patel could be replaced by senior FBI official Andrew Bailey.

00:36Once Bailey has held his position for 90 days,

00:39Trump could appoint him as acting director without Senate confirmation.

00:42Most recently, Patel prematurely went public with an investigation

00:46into a potential Halloween weekend terrorist plot near Detroit,

00:50even though investigators had not yet obtained all of the pertinent details.

00:54The FBI told NBC News,

00:57Ms. Alexis Wilkins is receiving a protective detail

01:00because she has faced hundreds of credible death threats

01:03related to her relationship with Director Patel,

01:06whom she has been dating for three years.

01:08Out of respect for her safety,

01:10we will not be providing additional details.