Trump appointees called out for 'laughable' bid to make friends with FBI rank and file

After years of attacking the agency, President Donald Trump's appointees to head up the FBI are now trying to curry favor with the rank and file in their quest to make changes, reported The New York Times — but for some, these efforts look less than sincere.

In fact, noted the report, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino are using their own attacks on the organization as proof it needs a culture change: "the two men have pulled a kind of bait-and-switch: In recent emails to thousands of FBI employees...