The Senate confirmed Kashyap “Kash” Patel as the new FBI director on Thursday in a Senate vote that largely fell along party lines. 51 Senators voted in favor of Patel’s confirmation, against 49 no votes, cementing him as the director of the nation’s leading federal law enforcement agency. Two high-profile Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of […]
WATCH: Padilla calls on Republicans to stand up against unfit FBI Director nominee WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Committee Democrats in sounding the alarm on Kash Patel’s reckless nomination to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Padilla delivered remarks ahead of Patel’s confirmation […]
Topline The Senate confirmed Kash Patel as FBI director Thursday, despite Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska voting against Patel—a staunch Trump loyalist who faces opposition from Democrats over threats to go after political enemies. Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of … More Investigation […]
