The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12 to 10 to advance Kash Patel's nomination to be FBI director to the Senate floor. Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, offered a full-throated defense of Patel ahead of the vote.
Kash Patel was confirmed as the new FBI Director by the Senate Thursday in a 51-49 vote. According to the Western Journal, Democrats attempted to draw out the confirmation process, while it was opposed by Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as the FBI’s ninth director, installing a close ally of President Donald Trump and a staunch critic of the bureau to lead the country’s premier law enforcement agency.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Senate voted to confirm Kash Patel as the next director of the FBI on Thursday afternoon. Patel was approved by a vote of 51-49, mostly along party lines. Every Democrat in the Senate voted against him while Republicans largely supported him with the exception of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).
The Senate voted 51-49 on Thursday to confirm President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, installing a 44-year-old lawyer and vocal Trump loyalist to take the helm of the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
A key Senate Democrat said FBI nominee Kash Patel 'may have committed perjury' about a staff purge, but a spokesperson called it 'second-hand gossip.'
All 12 GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Patel’s confirmation, while all 10 Democrats on the panel opposed it.
President Donald Trump scored another Cabinet win Thursday, with the Senate confirming his controversial FBI director pick Kash Patel by a vote of 51-49.
GOP senators have praised Patel, 44, for his commitment to rooting out political “weaponization” at the FBI — while Democrats have accused him of perjuring himself in his
The Senate has narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as as President Donald Trump's FBI director. The 51-49 vote Thursday puts the Trump loyalist atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agenc
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be FBI director. The final vote was 51-49. Two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted against Patel. Democrats were unanimous in their opposition.
GOP senators have praised Patel, 44, from Long Island for his experience as a prosecutor and as a national security aide in the first Trump administration. They have also praised his strong desire to get the FBI back to its core law enforcement duties and stop “weaponizing” politics at the agency.