On April 4, 2023, Kash Patel—Donald Trump’s intended pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation—sent a fundraising email with a characteristically attention-grabbing subject line: “(Urgent) They are after President Trump.”
The email went on to mention Trump’s name 12 more times. It also featured an undated photograph of Trump seated in what appears to be the White House’s Situation Room, with multiple phone sets and papers strewn about the table.
Michael Warren is a politics editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.
