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As director, Patel is automatically assigned a team of FBI agents tasked with ensuring his safety, however, his latest request suggests that he is not willing to place his life in the hands of his very own agents.The former prosecutor also inquired about how to get a secure phone line directly to the Oval Office from both his FBI office in Washington D.C. and his home, according to the Journal.Patel reportedly claimed he did not wish to go through the FBI landline in his office, but instead a direct line to his ally, President Donald Trump.Under the usual chain of command, the FBI director would contact the president through the Attorney General, like all FBI directors have since J. Edgar Hoover in 1929.Advertisementhttps://mol.im/a/14477517