FBI Director Kash Patel blasted an ESPN host for suggesting President Donald Trump demanded the arrests of NBA players allegedly involved in illegal sports betting.
Patel sharply rebuked ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on Thursday after the sports commentator claimed the Trump administration was behind a sweeping federal crackdown on illegal gambling within the NBA.
Patel, who announced the arrests earlier that day, called Smith’s remarks “the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard out of anyone in modern history.”
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