Key Takeaways Recently confirmed FBI director Kash Patel has a net worth of nearly $6 million, according to an estimate by Business Insider.Patel earned $2.1 million from his consulting business, Trishul LLC,

Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.

Patel joins the list of nominees who endured an uphill battle before finally getting confirmed. They include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

FBI Director Kash Patel recently expressed his interest in putting FBI agents through UFC training, according to multiple reports.

New FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in Monday as acting chief of the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking the helm of two separate and sprawling Justice Department agencies,

Kash Patel was confirmed as the new FBI Director by the Senate Thursday in a 51-49 vote. According to the Western Journal, Democrats attempted to draw out the confirmation process, while it was opposed by Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.

That wasn’t just some off-the-cuff remark from FBI director Patel — the feds really could be working with UFC fighters in the near future.

FBI Director Kash Patel is “dead serious” about contracting with the UFC to help train rank-and-file agents, according to the organization’s president, Dana White. Patel, a Las Vegas resident, was in attendance for UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night and discussed the potential plan with the head of the Las Vegas-based fighting organization.