Mr. Patel was directly involved in building a case that two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology mismanaged the debut of Truth Social in 2022. He was paid about $130,000 as a consultant.
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When the parent company of Truth Social was trying to strip two co-founders of their stake, it hired Kash Patel, President-elect Donald J. Trumpโs choice to lead the F.B.I., to help investigate them.