Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar had a tense exchange at Patel's confirmation hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
Kash Patel, President Trump's pick for FBI director, faced members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in his confirmation hearing Thursday.
FBI director nominee Kash Patel broke with President Donald Trump over commuting sentences for Jan. 6, 2021 violence against law enforcement.
The nominee for F.B.I. director made his nonprofit into a publicity machine, selling his children’s book, his clothing brand and his image as Donald Trump’s ultimate loyalist.
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is insisting to deeply skeptical Democrats that he did not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch politically motivated investigations.
Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. continued to press Patel in blistering terms over President Trump's sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters. The senator then pressed Patel directly, u
Patel scaled back his fierce criticisms of the FBI, repudiated QAnon conspiracy theories and broke with Trump on J6 pardons
President Donald Trump’s new administration is looking ahead to key Senate hearings this week for three of his most controversial nominees.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, is facing a contentious confirmation hearing Thursday, with Democrats focused on his plans to overhaul the bureau and whether he'll seek legal retribution against Trump's political opponents.
FBI Director nominee Kash Patel will appear for his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, likely rejoining Trump’s White House after Patel was able to leverage his stint in Trump’s first administration and loyalty to the president into a moneymaking personal brand and controversial nonprofit.