Patel nomination the reason for Hunter pardon?

Kash Patel explicitly said he'd target Trump's enemies. He is a worse pick than Matt Gaetz.

And if we are talking about actual substantive norms, the FBI director isn't supposed to be replaced on a whim by the incoming president to begin with. They are supposed to serve ten year terms. Trump replaced Comey halfway through his term with the current FBI director all because of the Russia investigation.