President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Kash Patel, downplayed his past promotion of right-wing conspiracy theories and his pledges to pursue retribution against Trump’s opponents on Thursday at his combativeSenate confirmation hearing. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee tried to p...
Patel’s nomination was itself a joke. His confirmation, however, is a national embarrassment, unbefitting a 21st-century global superpower. Serious countries just don’t do things like this. All of which brings us back to that NBC News report from the first week of Trump’s secon...
Kash Patelappeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to be FBI director. Patel has been nominated to replace Trump-appointed Christopher Wray, whose resignation took effect on Jan. 20. Democratic senators pushed Patel on his prior social media posts, promotion...
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Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, was at the center of a contentious confirmation hearing Thursday, facing intense grilling from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee about his past comments and allegiance to Trump. To Republicans, Patel represents a chance to reform ...
Donald Trump's allies in Congress have lauded Patel's nomination, touting him as the change agent needed at the top of an embattled agency. January 30, 2025 Additional Live Streams Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Tracking severe storms from Ohio River Valley to Mid-Atla...
“The politicalization of our justice system has eroded public trust — but that ends today,” Patel said in a post on X shortly after his confirmation vote. “My mission as Director is clear: let good cops be cops — and rebuild trust in the FBI.” ...
Patel’s nomination to lead the FBI has been cited as one of the shakiest that Trump has put forward in terms of Senate confirmation. That wasn’t at all on display in his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, as the Republicans on the panel rushed to either toss th...
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Blumenthal said Patel "failed" the first test to see if ...
Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, wouldn’t acknowledge or sought to distance himself from a host of his past public statements as Democrats pressed him during his confirmation hearing on Thursday. Democratic lawmakers cited numerous c