The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, won the approval of the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, clearing the way for a vote to confirm a director who has called for a radical reshaping of the nation's top law enforcement agency.