Patel has promised to attack the “deep state” within the FBI and vowed to crack down on Trump’s perceived enemies ― including those in the media. “We’re gonna come after the people in the media,” Patel promised in a clip Colbert played. “Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll figure that out. But yeah, we’re putting you all on notice.”

But Boulos is at least the second recent, thoroughly unqualified pick for such an influential position. On Saturday, Trump tapped another family member—his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner—to serve as U.S. ambassador to France.