Stephen Boyd, a man with deep Alabama roots, is on President-elect Donald Trump’s FBI director pick, Kashyap "Kash" Patel’s list of “deep state” executive branch members.
Boyd, a University of Alabama grad, served as the assistant U.S. Attorney General, communications director for former U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions and chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and former U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery).
After Trump made his Patel pick this weekend, social media commentators were quick to point out his vast criticism of the so-called deep state in Washington, D.C., a pejorative term meant to denote participation in a behind-the-scenes bureaucracy that turns the wheels of power in D.C.
A list quickly began circling social media featured in the appendix of Patel’s book, “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy.” The index catalogs individuals in the executive branch of government that Patel believes to be a part of the deep state. Boyd was included towards the top of the list, which Patel admitted was not exhaustive.
Was hard for me to find the list of people Kash Patel included in his book “Government Gangsters” as Deep State officials who need to be targeted so here it is in one place. pic.twitter.com/j9I7FWNzoZ
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) December 2, 2024
Boyd graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law. He later served as the communications director for Sessions and as the chief of staff to former U.S. Rep. Martha Roby. In 2017, Boyd was appointed to the position of Assistant Attorney General by then-President Donald Trump. He then worked as chief of staff for Tuberville from January 2021 to November 2022.
While Patel did not say specifically why he was included on the list, Boyd’s work at the Department of Justice (DOJ) is likely the reason.
The release of the so-called Nunes Memo drew fierce criticism from Boyd, who called it “extraordinarily reckless.” At the time, Patel was the National Security Advisor and senior counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Last year, Boyd also wrote in favor of re-upping FISA. This program has drawn significant ire of Republican and MAGA loyalists who have spent the past years detailing alleged abuses by the FBI and DOJ in targeting conservative groups and individuals.
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