Trump's pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, has vowed to "come after" the media. But he also later emphasized to NBC News that his comments only apply if people "broke the law."

President-elect Trump tapped loyalist Kash Patel for FBI director. MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin, staff writer at The Atlantic Elaina Plott Calabro and former FBI senior official Christopher O'Leary join Katy Tur to discuss Patel's background.

Powerful MAGA voices are hailing him as their No. 1 avenger to hunt down and decapitate the modern-day Hydra known as the “deep state,” a central villain of the conspiracy theory that gained momentum during Trump’s first term in office.