Kash Patel’s $800,000 Trump Media Award Raises New Conflict Questions
- Patel got late windfall from Trump’s social media company
- FBI nominee didn’t detail plans for stock award in disclosures
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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, received a stock award last week from Truth Social’s parent company worth more than $800,000.
But the grant of restricted shares in Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. didn’t appear on Patel’s financial disclosure or ethics agreement, which detail how federal appointees will handle potential conflicts of interest.