Kash Patel: how Trump’s FBI pick went from public defender to provocateur

Patel has praised QAnon and suggested shutting down the bureau's headquarters - and even the president-elect has called him kind of crazy'. Now new questions are emerging over his non-profit foundation

A lot of people say he's crazy," Donald Trump is reported to have once said of Kash Patel. I think he's kind of crazy. But sometimes you need a little crazy."

If Trump gets his way, crazy will now be coming to the FBI, the 116-year-old national security and law enforcement agency charged with protecting the US from terrorism, cybercrime and other threats.