> getting this kind of special treatment really does reinforce a big difference between classes

The Trump admin has always been an example of ignoring the elite political class and bringing in whoever he likes. Kash Patel himself came from a family of asylum seekers who fled India and he got his start as a public defender. Not exactly old money.

The guy he brought on as an assistant (without a polygraph) got his start as a beat cop from NYPD before joining the Secret Service.