Kash is watching.
Here’s the full list of 60 individuals Kash Patel names in the appendix of his 2022 book Government Gangsters, under the heading “Members of the Executive Branch Deep State.” He frames these figures as part of a “cabal of unelected tyrants” undermining democratic governance:
Kash Patel’s “Enemies List” (Alphabetical)
- Michael Atkinson – Former Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
- Lloyd Austin – Secretary of Defense under Biden
- Brian Auten – FBI Intelligence Analyst
- James Baker – Former FBI General Counsel; Twitter executive
- Bill Barr – Former Attorney General under Trump
- John Bolton – Former National Security Advisor under Trump
- Stephen Boyd – Former Chief of Legislative Affairs, DOJ
- Joe Biden – President of the United States
- John Brennan – Former CIA Director under Obama
- John Carlin – Former DOJ National Security Division Head
- Eric Ciaramella – Former NSC Staffer
- Pat Cipollone – Former White House Counsel under Trump
- James Clapper – Former Director of National Intelligence
- Hillary Clinton – Former Secretary of State
- James Comey – Former FBI Director
- Elizabeth Dibble – Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy London
- Mark Esper – Former Secretary of Defense under Trump
- Alyssa Farah – Former Trump Communications Director
- Evelyn Farkas – Former Pentagon Official
- Sarah Isgur Flores – Former DOJ Communications Director
- Merrick Garland – Attorney General under Biden
- Stephanie Grisham – Former White House Press Secretary
- Kamala Harris – Vice President
- Gina Haspel – Former CIA Director
- Fiona Hill – Former NSC Staffer
- Curtis Heide – FBI Agent
- Eric Holder – Former Attorney General under Obama
- Robert Hur – Special Counsel for Biden Document Probe
- Cassidy Hutchinson – Former Trump White House Aide
- Nina Jankowicz – Former Head of Disinformation Governance Board
- Ron Klain – Former Biden Chief of Staff
- Avril Haines – Director of National Intelligence
- Jen Psaki – Former White House Press Secretary
- Jake Sullivan – National Security Advisor
- Susan Rice – Former National Security Advisor
- Christopher Wray – FBI Director
- Peter Strzok – Former FBI Agent
- Lisa Page – Former FBI Lawyer
- Andrew McCabe – Former FBI Deputy Director
- Rod Rosenstein – Former Deputy Attorney General
- Sally Yates – Former Deputy Attorney General
- David Laufman – Former DOJ Official
- Mary McCord – Former DOJ Official
- Michael Horowitz – DOJ Inspector General
- Dan Coats – Former Director of National Intelligence
- William Evanina – Former Director of National Counterintelligence
- Frank Figliuzzi – Former FBI Official
- Ben Wittes – Legal Analyst, Lawfare
- Chuck Rosenberg – Former DEA Administrator
- Andrew Weissmann – Former Mueller Team Prosecutor
- Rachel Maddow – MSNBC Host
- Joe Scarborough – MSNBC Host
- Don Lemon – CNN Host
- Jake Tapper – CNN Host
- Jim Acosta – CNN Correspondent
- George Stephanopoulos – ABC News Anchor
- Jonathan Karl – ABC News Correspondent
- Nicolle Wallace – MSNBC Host
- Chris Hayes – MSNBC Host
- Joy Reid – MSNBC Host
- Brian Stelter – Former CNN Host
Patel also gestures toward unnamed members of the “fake news mafia press corps” and suggests others like Rep. Adam Schiff and Christopher Steele belong on the list too.