FBI Director Kash Patel Torches Stephen A. Smith Over Trump-NBA Comment

FBI Director Kash Patel blasted ESPN sportscaster Stephen A. Smith throughout a Fox News interview Thursday, calling him out for saying the “single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard out of anyone in modern history.”

Patel launched his verbal assault on Smith after Smith gave his idea on nationwide TV about who he thinks was actually behind the federal takedown of a serious playing ring that noticed the arrests of Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier — in addition to members of 4 out of the 5 New York mafia households.

According to Smith, President Trump is on a retribution tour towards what he perceives as his enemies within the sports activities world, together with the NBA, for protesting towards him. And, Smith says, the WNBA may be subsequent on Trump’s hit record.

Enter Patel … During his Thursday afternoon look on “The Ingraham Angle,” Patel did not mince phrases when host Laura Ingraham requested him about Smith’s idea.

Patel referred to Smith’s assertion as “the single dumbest thing” he is ever heard — earlier than giving a shot to folks dwelling in Washington D.C.

The FBI honcho additionally made it clear that solely he directed the arrests of greater than 30 folks throughout 11 states within the sprawling federal case involving wire fraud, cash laundering, extortion, theft, and unlawful playing.