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It's not just about Trump naming his own people: He already has one of his guys installed at the bureau, its current director, Christopher Wray, having been appointed to a 10-year term in 2017.

The diehard supporter of the president-elect has shared grand designs for the bureau, and that's set off alarm bells among pundits, elected officials and intelligence reporters.

Patel has advocated for closing the bureau's Washington, D.C. headquarters and cleaning house with widespread layoffs of the agency's leadership.

But Epps testified under oath to the House committee investigating the attack that he had no involvement with the FBI, which has also stated publicly that he had no association with the bureau.

Andrew Black, a former FBI agent, said the case at the time was “of great interest” to the bureau.