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Why Trump FBI Pick Kash Patel Has QAnoners in a Frenzy

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Convicted provocateur Steve Bannon says Patel “personifies” the MAGA conspiracy.

Mary Ann Akers
Mary Ann Akers 

Washington Bureau Chief

A photo illustration of Kash Patel and the QAnon symbol.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty
Mary Ann Akers

Mary Ann Akers

Washington Bureau Chief

maryann.akers@thedailybeast.com

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