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.

AP/Ben Curtis
Kash Patel, who was confirmed Thursday as President Trump's new director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol at Washington, January 30, 2025.  AP/Ben Curtis

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. 

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