Kash Patel Receives Warm Welcome From Judiciary Committee Republicans, Signaling His Nomination Will Make It to the Floor

No Republican senators have come out yet against Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI.

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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The nomination for President Trump’s director of the FBI, Kash Patel, seems to be on its way to the Senate floor after receiving a warm welcome from Republican lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The vitriol directed at Mr. Patel came instead from Senate Democrats, who questioned his previous support for January 6 rioters and his relationship with some far-right fringe figures. 

Mr. Patel was chosen by the president to head the FBI after working for years in Mr. Trump’s national security apparatus, first as a staff member on the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee in 2017 where he ran defense for the then-45th president during the Russia investigation, and later as the deputy director of national intelligence and as chief of staff at the Pentagon. 

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