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In 2022, Kash Patel, now the director of the FBI, published The Plot Against the King , the first in his series of illustrated children’s books. In The Plot and its two sequels, which draw on the stolen-2020-election conspiracy theory and the Trump-Russia probe, Patel appears as a wizard in a pointy blue hat (“Kash the Distinguished Discoverer”) who helps “King Donald” battle a series of foes who seek to usurp his throne. These include “Hillary Queenton,” “Baron Von Biden,” “Comma-la-la-la,” and “the heralds,” Patel’s name for the press, who spread rumors and lies about King Donald being a cheater.…