Friday's appearance is expected to double as a victory lap after Trump emerged legally and politically unscathed from two federal prosecutions that were dismissed after his election win last fall.

President Donald Trump is set to deliver what the White House calls a law-and-order speech on Friday at the Justice Department, the storied building from which the government pursued criminal investigations and prosecutions against him.

Kash Patel’s determination to keep in close contact with Trump is an arrangement outside the traditional chain of command.