Senate nominations are nominations for Trump’s FBI directors’ choice Kash Patel
Senate voted on Tuesday to pass a partisan vote to nominate President Donald Trump for the nomination of FBI director’s draft pick Kash Patel and clear a procedural barrier to controversial Trump Allies held a final vote to lead federal law enforcement agencies.
House of Lords lawmakers voted 48-45 for Patel’s nomination as Democrats fear he would serve as a loyalist to the president and target the government’s political enemies.
This will set a final confirmation vote later this week. Some of Trump’s other more controversial draft picks include new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national intelligence firm Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy ( Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Agenda.
Kash Patel nominates to lead the FBI
President Donald Trump chose to serve as director of the FBI, Kash Patel, who appeared in court, during a confirmation hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, January 30, 2025 The Capitol was held in Washington. (AP Photo/J. ScottApplewhite)
Patel, a former intelligence and defense official in Trump’s first term, supports reshaping the FBI, including expanding its role to carry out Trump’s mission to target immigrants.
He has been a voice critic of the FBI’s investigation into Trump, including Trump’s misconduct against confidential documents, overturned attempts to the 2020 election and debunked allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Patel compared to past FBI directors and many of his inflammatory past statements, including his lack of management experience, including calling investigators investigating Trump’s “government gangsters,” And claimed that at least some defendants were charged on January 6, 2021, that the Capitol riot was a “political prisoner.”
President Donald Trump chose to serve as director of the FBI, Kash Patel, who appeared in court, during a confirmation hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, January 30, 2025 The Capitol was held in Washington. (AP Photo/J. ScottApplewhite)
Democrats also criticized Patel for supporting false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, and he refused to confirm that former President Joe Biden defeated Trump in the election that year. But Patel still has the support of many Republicans, including moderates.
“I’ve spoken to multiple people about Kash Patel, both of whom are for and against,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican of Louisiana, said on Tuesday X.
Camp Patel reduces Durbin’s allegations to an attempt to get FBI confirmed
President Donald Trump chose to serve as director of the FBI, Kash Patel, who appeared in court, during a confirmation hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, January 30, 2025 The Capitol was held in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Patel said at a confirmation hearing last month that Democrats are taking some of his comments out of context or misunderstanding his views, including when he proposed to close the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. and turn it into The museum in the “deep state”. Patel also denied that his book includes a list of government officials he claims to be a “deep state” that constitutes an “enemy list,” postponing the allegation to “completely wrong sign.”
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The Senate Judiciary Committee last week took a partisan range of 12-10 votes to nominate his nomination.
Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
