1 day ago · Topline. President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee Kash Patel is expected to be approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, putting him one step closer to Senate confirmation, after ...

1 day ago · Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025.

Patel was one of 43 individuals whose phone records were secretly obtained in a sweeping leaks investigation during the first Trump presidency. Patel has suggested the FBI should scale back its national security intelligence operations to focus solely on criminal investigations. [50]

Jan 31, 2025 · President Donald Trump's nominee to be FBI Director Kash Patel arrives at Sen. Joni Ernst's office for a meeting in the Russell Senate Office Building on December 9, 2024, in Washington, DC. Anna ...

Dec 2, 2024 · Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI and an ardent supporter of the president-elect, has vowed to help dismantle the same organization he’s poised to lead.

Dec 3, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has picked him to lead the FBI.

Jan 28, 2025 · Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has for years battled US intelligence agencies over the handling of some of the government’s most sensitive national security secrets.

Dec 1, 2024 · Kash Patel has called for radical changes at the FBI and was a fierce and vocal critic of the bureau’s work as it investigated ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Now the steadfast Trump ally has been tapped to lead the federal law enforcement agency he’s pushed to overhaul.

Nov 30, 2024 · Here are five takeaways from a recent New York Times profile of Mr. Patel, who has denounced his critics as biased against Mr. Trump and has said he led efforts to expose F.B.I. “corruption.”...

Jan 31, 2025 · Kash Patel is an American lawyer and government official selected by Pres. Donald Trump to serve as director of the FBI in his second administration. Patel held several posts during Trump’s first term and is known for claiming the existence of a “deep state” in the U.S. government.