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00:00Trump admin shuts down rumor about FBI director.
00:04The White House has denied rumors of an FBI shakeup under President Donald Trump.
00:09Reports that Director Kash Patel could be replaced recently surfaced amid growing scrutiny of his leadership.
00:15However, administration officials insist the story is fake news.
00:19Three insiders told MS Now that Trump was considering the change,
00:23but White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt adamantly rejected the claim.
00:26This story is completely made up, Leavitt wrote on X.
00:31In fact, when this fake news was published, I was in the Oval Office,
00:35where President Trump was meeting with his law enforcement team, including FBI Director Kash Patel.
00:40I read the headline to the president and he laughed.
00:43While Trump continues to voice support for Patel,
00:46two sources told MS Now that the director's position is growing more tenuous.
00:50In September, Trump named Andrew Bailey co-deputy director of the FBI,
00:55alongside Dan Bongino.
00:57Once Bailey has held his position for 90 days,
01:00Trump could appoint him as acting director without Senate confirmation.
01:04Most recently, he prematurely went public with an investigation
01:07into a potential Halloween weekend terrorist plot near Detroit,
01:11even though investigators had not yet obtained all of the pertinent details.
01:15Reports say these actions have frustrated his superior,
01:18U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
01:20The FBI told NBC News,
01:23Ms. Alexis Wilkins is receiving a protective detail
01:26because she has faced hundreds of credible death threats
01:28related to her relationship with Director Patel,
01:31whom she has been dating for three years.
01:33Out of respect for her safety,
01:35we will not be providing additional details.
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