FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel Advances Out of Judiciary Committee
‘Mr. Patel should be our next FBI Director because the FBI has been infected by political bias and weaponized against the American people,’ the Judiciary Committee chairman says.
President Trump’s nominee to be the next FBI director, Kash Patel, has cleared his committee vote and will soon make his way to the floor for confirmation. So far, all of the president’s nominees — even the most controversial ones who have been grilled by GOP lawmakers — have made their way into the Cabinet.
Mr. Patel has been a hero for in some fringe right-wing circles for years, having worked at the House Intelligence Committee during the first Trump administration to debunk the claim that Mr. Trump colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 election. According to his financial disclosures, Mr. Patel has made millions of dollars in the last decades from his new career as a conservative speaker, political commentator, and social media influencer.
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