Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s choice To lead the FBI, they were sworn in on Friday after a narrow senate confirmation on Thursday.
Patel was sworn in in the Eisenshower Executive Office building by the American Attorney General Pam Bondi after he was confirmed by the American Senate as the ninth FBI director, successor to Christopher Wray. Patel, who is Indian American, is the first person in color that FBI director becomes.
“I live the American dream,” said Patel after taking his oath. “And everyone who thinks the American dream is dead, just look here. You talk to an Indian boy of the first generation who is about to lead the law enforcement community of the greatest nation on God’s green earth. That cannot happen anywhere else. ”
FBI -nominated Kash Patel confirmed in narrow senate voice
Kash Patel, the choice of President Donald Trump to lead the FBI in Leiden, was sworn in on Friday after a narrow senate confirmation mood on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Patel also promised the legislators who confirmed him and those who opposed his nomination.
“There will be responsibility within the FBI and outside the FBI, and we will do it through rigorous constitutional supervision from this weekend.”
Patel has long been an ally of Trump and a fierce opponent of investigating the president. During his confirmation hearing last month, Patel promised that he would not participate in political retribution against agents who worked on the Trump classified document case and other politically sensitive matters.
He was confronted with a rocky path to confirm – similar to other colleague Trump -Picks – despite the Republican majority in the room. Democrats on the panel used their political weight to postpone the confirmation voice of Patel earlier this month.
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On the Senaat floor, the top judge democrat Dick Durbin claimed that Patel had recently been behind Mass shoot at the FBI. Durbin mentioned what he described as “very credible” whistleblowers, reports that Patel personally had directed the current FBI employee flushing prior to his confirmation.
On the Senate floor, the top judge Democrat Dick Durbin claimed that Patel had been behind recent mass hires at the FBI. (AP/Reuters)
Patel brings an extensive background to national security and intelligence at the office. Earlier he was involved in the personally performing dangerous missions in the Middle East in an attempt to bring our hostages home and also implemented strategies for the fight against terrorism against the most sought after terrorists of America.
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Current and former US National Security Officaries And legislators previously told Fox News Digital that he has been ‘objectively’ ‘one of the most experienced people ever nominated’ to lead the agency.
The confirmation of Patel to lead the office comes at a time when the activities of the FBI are investigated for possible political motivation, including its own leadership and decisions.
The confirmation of Patel to lead the office comes at a time when the activities of the FBI are investigated for possible political motivation, including its own leadership and decisions. (AP/I Curtыs)
Previously thousands FBI agents Like their superiors were ordered to complete a questionnaire in which they describe their role in the investigation of January 6, which caused concern about retribution or retribution.
“There will be no politicization at the FBI,” said Patel during his confirmation. “There will be no resistant action.”
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Patel previously served as a deputy assistant of the president and as a senior director for the fight against terrorism in the first Trump administration, in which he worked on presidential missions aimed at decimating Al Qaida Senior Leadership and Isis Command and Control.
Patel was also involved in planning the mission to eliminate Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, among others.
Breanne Deppisch from Fox News Digital, Morgan Phillips and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
