On Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick for Director the Federal Bureau of Investigations, 44-year-old Kashyap “Kash” Patel. The current FBI Director, Christopher Wray, was tapped by President Trump after firing Director James Comey in his first term.

Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community

President Elect Donald Trump named Kash Patel to potentially lead the FBI. The nomination would require Trump to fire current Director Christopher Wray, whom he named to the post in his first term.

Like so many guys in Trumpworld, Patel just can't stop talking,” says Chris Hayes on Trump’s pick to run the FBI, “And from the little I've heard, what he's been saying is pretty out there.” Vox's Zack Beauchamp,

The FBI recently told Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the bureau’s next director, that he was the target of an Iranian cyberattack, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.

The apparent hackers targeted Kash Patel's communications, but whether they succeeded and how much access they had to the data is still being investigated, the sources said.

The FBI director nominee Kash Patel was hit with what is believed to be a cyberattack emanating from Iran, according to two sources familiar with the situation.