Trump admin shuts down rumor about FBI director

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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.