President Donald Trump offered support to FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday, after news outlet MS NOW reported that Trump was considering ousting Patel from his current role.

WASHINGTON, DC – Kash Patel, the controversial Trump-appointed FBI director who has been under fire for his use of Bureau resources, is back in the spotlight after an MS NOW report said the President was considering removing him. The White House is now forcefully denying the story.

The White House has reacted to a report that President Donald Trump has been privately weighing whether to replace FBI Director Kash Patel, as he and senior advisers grow uneasy with the steady stream of unfavorable coverage surrounding the bureau chief.

The White House has denied its plans to replace FBI Director Kash Patel, despite insiders who maintain that President Donald Trump says Patel's days are numbered. Journalist Ken Dilanian told MS NOW's Ana Cabrera that he and his colleagues Carol Leonnig and Laura Barrón-López are hearing that

But, minutes after the story published, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took to social media to rebut it. “This story is completely made up ,” Leavitt wrote on X. She said that, when the news broke, she happened to be in the middle of an Oval Office meeting with the president and Patel.

The president weighed in on a report that said he was planning to replace his FBI director, while speaking with reporters on Air Force One.

The report claimed that Trump and White House aides have confided to allies that the president is weighing to remove Patel from the top post and considering top FBI official Andrew Bailey as his replacement.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a picture of President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel standing next to each other with thumbs up.

Donald Trump dismissed the rumours of ousting FBI chief Kash Patel, after a media report claimed that he was replacing Patel with a top FBI official. White House Press Secretary Karolin Leavitt called the report ‘fake’.

Democratic lawmakers accused Donald Trump of using the FBI to "intimidate" members of Congress, confirming that the agency was seeking to interview them.