FBI Director Kash Patel is aggressively downsizing his agency's legal department at precisely the moment a mountain of scandals against him are pouring in. Patel had earlier ordered the office to fire an attorney seemingly just to send a message, though that particular directive never got carried out. FBI spokesman Ben Williamson denies any tension between the two men. "It is totally false," Williamson said when asked whether Patel and Ramer's relationship was soured. He has denied any misconduct and filed lawsuits against commentators and media publications that have broken these stories.