QUICK-REFERENCE FACT SHEET
Born: February 25, 1980 — Garden City, New York
Education: University of Richmond (BA), UCL (international law certificate), Pace University School of Law (JD)
Early career: Public defender, Miami-Dade; federal public defender, Southern District of Florida; terrorism prosecutor, DOJ National Security Division (2013-2017)
Congressional career: Senior aide to Devin Nunes, House Intelligence Committee (2017-2018); primary author of the Nunes Memo
First-term Trump roles: NSC (2019), Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2020), Chief of Staff to Acting Secretary of Defense (2020-2021)
Business: Board member, Trump Media & Technology Group; founder, The Kash Foundation; podcast host, Kash's Corner
Books: The Plot Against the King (children's trilogy), Government Gangsters (2023 memoir)
FBI Director: Confirmed February 2025; first South Asian American to hold the role
Key controversies: Nunes Memo, SEAL Team Six mission, CI-12 firings, government jet use, Olympics beer incident, Charlie Kirk investigation
