Scarborough and Brzezinski, who have been deeply critical of Trump since his first administration, recently faced an uproar of their own over a meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. They said the purpose of the personal visit was to “restart communications” with the president-elect.

We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,” Patel said in a 2023 podcast with Steve Bannon, who claimed he was “absolutely dead serious.”

MSNBC's Morning Joe staff panicked after Donald Trump nominated Kash Patel to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation.