Opinion: How Kash Patel Betrayed His Oath By Attacking Our First Freedom

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In high school, a lithesome girl such as Alexis Wilkins would have walked past a loathsome guy like Kash Patel as if he were a wall locker.

So it is not surprising that 46-year-old Patel has seemed keen to impress his 27-year-old gal pal Wilkins with his unlikely importance, beginning with having her at his side when he took the federal oath of office last year.

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