{"entity":{"id":111,"slug":"kash-patel","name":"Kash Patel","type":"person","role":"FBI Director; Trump network placement","description":"Confirmed as FBI Director January 2025. Long-time Trump loyalist who had published a list of administration officials he considered 'deep state' targets. His appointment as FBI Director — the nation's chief law enforcement officer — is a direct placement of a network loyalist over the agency investigating political corruption, including investigations involving network figures. 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no filing in the public dataset includes a verifier such as a middle name, birth date, or address that would confirm the filings belong to the FBI Director Kash Patel.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2018-2024","source":null},{"id":8544,"text":"The temporal pattern of Patel's SEC filings suggests two distinct phases: early engagement (2018-2019) and pre-appointment restructuring (2024), with no disclosed securities activity during his post-government private sector period","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2018-2024","source":null},{"id":8538,"text":"The absence of FEC donation records combined with active SEC filings suggests Patel may have channeled political influence through corporate structures rather than direct political contributions","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2018-2024","source":null},{"id":5741,"text":"SEC EDGAR records show filings associated with the name 'Kash Patel' spanning from 2018 to 2024, suggesting either direct corporate/securities involvement or that the name appears in corporate filings (possibly as an officer, director, or in disclosure documents)","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2018-2024","source":null},{"id":2866,"text":"Kash Patel filed filing with the SEC on 2018-07-03. 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