FBI Director Cuts Ties with ADL as it Faces Backlash for Having Investigated TPUSA

Articles | October 3, 2025 | by Catholics for Catholics

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“That era is finished. This FBI formally rejects Comey’s policies and any partnership with the ADL,” Kash Patel said

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The honeymoon is over.

Kash Patel, the FBI’s director under President Donald Trump is cutting ties with the Anti-Defamation League, which had a very cozy relationship with prior Bureau leader James Comey.

“James Comey disgraced the FBI by writing ‘love letters’ to the ADL and embedding agents with an extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization and the disgraceful operation they ran spying on Americans. That was not law enforcement, it was activism dressed up as counterterrorism, and it put Americans in danger,” Patel told Fox News Digital.

“That era is finished. This FBI formally rejects Comey’s policies and any partnership with the ADL,” Patel said.

On Wednesday, the ADL responded by releasing a statement saying that it has “deep respect” for the bureau and law enforcement. “As we prepare to observe the holiest day of the year on the Jewish calendar, we have seen the statement from FBI Director Patel regarding the FBI’s relationship with ADL,” the organization wrote in a graphic shared on X.

🚨KASH PATEL ANNOUNCES THAT THE FBI HAS CUT TIES WITH THE ADL: pic.twitter.com/C17gbfx272

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“ADL has deep respect for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement officers at all levels across the country who work tirelessly every single day to protect all Americans regardless of their ancestry, religion, ethnicity, faith, political affiliation or any other point of difference.”

The ADL then repeated its pledge to fight antisemitism. Still, Patel’s outrage comes nearly three weeks after Charlie Kirk was killed during an event at Utah Valley University. Under Comey, the FBI was investigating Kirk and other conservative groups, including Catholics.

“The FBI was taking their ‘hate group’ definitions from ADL, which is why the FBI was investigating Charlie Kirk [and] Turning Point, instead of his murderers,” Elon Musk wrote in a post on X. In a separate post, Musk referred to the ADL as “a hate group.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said the ADL must explain its categorization of TPUSA. “Seems to me like if they don’t agree with you, they will label you a ‘hate group,’” Luna wrote on X.