Trump picks former loyal aide as FBI director

US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a former aide, Kash Patel, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency that Patel has often criticized.

The former chief of staff of the US defense department in the first Trump administration, Patel has been a staunch supporter of the incoming Republican president.

For Patel to take over, current FBI Director Christopher Wray would have to resign or be fired — though Trump did not call for him to do so in his post.

Trump said he plans to nominate Chad Chronister, the sheriff of Florida's Hillsborough County, to head the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Patel and Chronister join Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi in complementing Trump's law enforcement picks.

Also on Saturday, Trump announced that he had chosen Charles Kushner as ambassador to France.

Kushner is a real estate developer and the father of Jared Kushner, the husband of his daughter Ivanka Trump.

The appointment appears to be the first administration position Trump has formally offered a relative since his re-election.

All three elections will have to be confirmed by majority vote in the US Senate./ CNA

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