The Senate voted on Tuesday past party lines to promote the appointment of Kash Patel, president Donald Trump’s Choose the FBI director, where a procedural obstacle is cleared to set up a definitive vote on Trump’s controversial ally to lead the federal law enforcement agency.
Legislers in the upper room voted 48-45 to promote the appointment of Patel, because Democrats expressed concern that he would operate as a loyalist for the president and the political enemies of the administration.
This draws up a final confirmation mood later in the week. Some of Trump’s Other More Controversial Picks – Including New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseeth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Have Received Enough Support from Republican Lawmakers Seeking to Fall in Line to Push The President’s Agenda.
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Kash Patel, the choice of President Donald Trump to be the director of the FBI, appears before the Senate judge for his confirmation hearing, in the Capitool in Washington, Thursday, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
Patel, a former Intelligence Services Officer and Ministry of Defense, has supported Patel the reform of the FBI, also by extending his role to implement Trump’s mission aimed at immigration.
He has been a vocal critic of the past FBI studies In Trump, including about Trump’s mistreatment of classified documents, attempts to destroy the 2020 elections and to disprove allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
Patel is pounded for his lack of management experience compared to earlier FBI directors and for his many burning statements from the past, including the calling of researchers who have investigated Trump ‘Government Gangers’ and claims at least some defendants who became in January 6, 2021 Complainted, Capitol, Capitol Riot were ‘political prisoners’.
Kash Patel, the choice of President Donald Trump to be the director of the FBI, appears before the Senate judge for his confirmation hearing, in the Capitool in Washington, Thursday, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
Democrats have also criticized Patel for supporting false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 elections and his refusal to confirm that former President Joe Biden Trump defeated in the elections of that year. But Patel has still received support from many Republicans, including moderates.
“I spoke with several people who I respect this weekend about Kash Patel – both for and against.
Kash Patel, the choice of President Donald Trump to be the director of the FBI, appears before the Senate judge for his confirmation hearing, in the Capitool in Washington, Thursday, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Patel said during his confirmation hearing last month that Democrats removed some of his comments from the context or misunderstanding his point, even when he suggested closing the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC and making a museum for the ‘deep state’ for it . Patel also denied the accusation that the recording of his book of a list of government officials who, according to him, was part of the “Deep State” formed a “enemy list”, who pushed back on that statement as a “total wrong characterization”.
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The Senate -law committee Last week with 12-10 voted by festive lines to promote his nomination to the entire Senate.
Reuters and the Associated Press have contributed to this report.
