A statement earlier in the week from Patel said the FBI would end ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish advocacy organization that fights anti-Semitism. The announcements amount to a dramatic rethinking of longstanding FBI partnerships with prominent civil rights groups at a time when Patel is moving rapidly to reshape the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency. Prominent figures including Elon Musk lambasted the SPLC just this week about its descriptions of Kirk and the organization. The Anti-Defamation League has also faced criticism on the right for maintaining a "Glossary of Extremism." A Patel antagonist, Comey was indicted last week on false statement and obstruction charges and has said he is innocent.