Moms for Liberty co-founder backs Kash Patel for FBI
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice strongly supports Kash Patel to become the next FBI director, saying she knows what it is like to be targeted by the law enforcement agency.
"One day, a mom spoke at a school board meeting, and then the next day, she was making peanut butter and jelly in her house, and the FBI called her to talk about what she had said," Justice said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. "It was shocking. It was meant to chill the speech of American parents."
That incident was followed by multiple FBI investigations into protesting parents during the Biden administration, which Justice argues is the kind of behavior that Patel would stop.
"Kash is unapologetic about the fact that there needs to be big change" at the FBI, she said. "The fact that the FBI was weaponized against the American people and parents is outrageous, and should never, ever happen again. I think Kash will very directly handle that issue."
Patel's nomination has caused a stir in Washington, with some Democrats even referencing it to call for preemptive pardons for President Joe Biden's allies.
Patel, a former Justice Department prosecutor who was chief of staff to former acting Trump Defense Secretary Christoper Miller, has been criticized for statements concerning President-elect Donald Trump’s detractors, including a list of 60 people who he claimed in his 2023 book Government Gangsters were part of the “deep state.”
He was also deputy director of national intelligence during Trump’s first administration, which Justice said will prepare him for a bigger role in the second.
"He's incredibly intelligent, he's an amazing patriot," Justice said of Patel. "He's done extensive work in Congress, and I think he's going to do well."
Justice herself was a rumored candidate for education secretary, a nod that ultimately went to Linda McMahon. Nonetheless, Justice describes herself as a full-throated supporter of McMahon and the work she will do leading the department.
"I've seen the work that she's done with [America First Policy Institute], and they care very much about putting America first," Justice said. "That's what moms and dads in America want. We want parents back in the driver's seat when it comes to their kids' education. And I have no doubt that Linda is going to help us to do that."
Justice interviewed Trump during the Moms for Liberty "Joyful Warriors" summit in August, an event that also featured former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence.
A New York native and a mother of four, Justice said Trump reminds her of her late father, who also grew up in the outer boroughs of New York.
"There's a large segment of the American population that hadn't gotten to see President Trump as a man, as a father, as a grandfather," Justice said. "I think the media has worked really hard to villainize him and to make him radioactive. And I know what that looks and feels like, because it's been done to Moms for Liberty."