Keystone Kash Fires Top Analyst After GOP Backlash

Elizabeth Frantz / REUTERSFBI Director Kash Patel fired a top intelligence analyst who had worked on the bureau’s report on the 2017 shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise—an assessment which angered Republicans. Patel fired Deputy Assistant Director Emily Morales last week, MS NOW reported, citing four people familiar with the matter. Morales had a role in the FBI’s determination that the shooting during House Republicans’ baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, was not domestic terrorism, but “suicide by cop.”Morales’ firing, sources told the outlet, was perceived by many in the FBI as another example of Patel terminating agents who ran afoul of Donald Trump or Republicans. He and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche have bragged about letting go agents involved in any of the investigations into Trump. Some have sued, claiming political retaliation.Read more at The Daily Beast.