Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
Kash Patel disputes whistleblower revelation about FBI ‘honeypot’ agent spying on Trump campaign
FBI Director Kash Patel is disputing a bureau whistleblower who identified a female undercover FBI agent as a "honeypot" who infiltrated President Trump's 2016 campaign. Published March 3, 2025
Trump brushes off GOP town hall protesters as ‘paid troublemakers’
President Trump Monday slammed disruptors at GOP town hall meetings as "paid troublemakers" attempting to politically hurt Republican congressional lawmakers. Published March 3, 2025
Crypto stocks rise after Trump names currencies in strategic reserve
Crypto stocks spiked Monday after President Trump named the cryptocurrencies to be held in a U.S. strategic reserve. Published March 3, 2025
Bondi orders Patel to find out why the FBI withheld thousands of Epstein files
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate why thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were withheld from her by the bureau. Published February 27, 2025
Agent who infiltrated Trump campaign revealed; woman was one of two ‘honeypots’
New whistleblower disclosures have identified a top agent in the New York field office as one of the FBI investigators assigned to infiltrate Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2015 as part of an "off-the-books" operation launched by then-FBI Director James B. Comey. Published February 26, 2025
Top GOP senators call on Justice officials to investigate potential criminal FBI leaks to media
Two senior Senate Republican lawmakers called on Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate potential criminal leaks to the media of sensitive and classified information ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Published February 25, 2025
FBI looking into Comey’s off-the-books ‘honeypot’ operation targeting 2016 Trump campaign
New leadership at the FBI is starting an investigation into the origins of the agency's plan a decade ago to infiltrate the campaign of then-candidate Donald Trump using two female undercover "honeypot" agents. Published February 25, 2025
European conservative leaders say Trump’s MAGA movement can help make Europe great again
A delegation of European conservative leaders agree that President Trump's triumphant return to the White House after four years in political exile has helped inspire a populist, MAGA-style resurgence across their own respective countries. Published February 24, 2025
Popular conservative podcaster Dan Bongino named FBI deputy director
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, was named as the FBI's next deputy director. Published February 23, 2025
FBI expected to transfer 1,500 staffers out of Washington area
The FBI is expected to transfer up to 1,500 of its personnel out of its Washington headquarters to field offices across the country, bureau managers learned on Friday. Published February 23, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to lead ATF
Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take the reins of another federal law enforcement agency as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Published February 23, 2025
Trump conquers CPAC 10 years after hostility
Like so much of the rest of the political right -- from Reaganism to the tea party movement -- Donald Trump has conquered CPAC, bringing it into the broader MAGA fold. Published February 20, 2025
Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel as FBI director, handing President Trump's outspoken nominee a green light to overhaul the bureau that conservatives say had been "weaponized" against them. Published February 20, 2025
Senate advances nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director to final confirmation vote
Kash Patel, who is President Trump's nominee for FBI director to overhaul the bureau, is on a glide path to be confirmed by the full Senate later Thursday. Published February 20, 2025
CPAC attendees ecstatic about conservatives’ big wins in the new Trump era
The atmosphere at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference isn't just celebratory, it's super-charged as President Trump begins to make many of the conservative movement's dreams come true. Published February 20, 2025
Musk says DOGE team aims to cut $1 trillion from the deficit
Elon Musk said Tuesday that his Department of Government Efficiency aims to slash $1 trillion from the deficit. Published February 19, 2025
Trump instructs Justice Department to fire Biden-era U.S. attorneys
President Trump called on the Justice Department to fire all U.S. attorneys left over from the Biden administration. Published February 18, 2025
Vance calls reporter ‘dummy’ for comparing White House exclusion of AP to Europe’s free speech views
Vice President J.D. Vance took a swipe at a reporter Monday who accused him of hypocrisy for blasting Europeans over free speech in the midst of the White House dispute with the Associated Press over the Gulf of Mexico/America. Published February 17, 2025
Vance calls for U.S. and its allies to reject Germany’s ‘Orwellian’ speech laws
Vice President J.D. Vance called Germany's free speech restrictions "Orwellian" and said Monday that other European countries should join the U.S. in rejecting such laws. Published February 17, 2025
Dems fighting Trump’s cuts represent states receiving $231 billion in federal funds
House Democrats are pushing an effort to fight President Trump's sweeping overhaul of the federal government through a task force that could lead to lawsuits against the administration, representing states that receive more than $231.5 billion of federal funding. Published February 15, 2025
