Donald Trump’s choice to run the FBI, Kash Patel, is already demonstrating how he’d use the country’s top law enforcement agency to crack down on his critics. Jesse Binall, Patel’s attorney, sent a letter Wednesday to former Trump White House staffer Olivia Troye,

Kash Patel, who has been a controversial nomination to the agency because some have argued he lacks experience and others are concerned he could weaponize the FBI against political opponents based on his public comments, floated the idea on Steve Bannon’s podcast.

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.