President-elect Donald Trump has stated that he intends to nominate Kash Patel, the right-wing commentator and former intelligence official, to be the next director of the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI). If confirmed, Patel will lead the nation’s chief criminal investigation agency, as well as its substantial surveillance apparatus.
While some Republicans have hailed the pick, Donald Trump’s choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI has raised alarm among many national security veterans.
Several senators questioned Pam Bondi at her confirmation hearing Wednesday about President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI.
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked a suite of agencies that previously employed Kash Patel to turn over information on possible misconduct of
Patel, who has been named FBI director, included a list of the government’s supposed “enemies” in his 2023 book.
Multiple Democratic senators have been pressing Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi on fellow Trump nominee Kash Patel.
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, vowed that there would "never be an enemies list within the Department of Justice" during her tenure.
Donald Trump has nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, while he has chosen lawyer Pam Bondi for attorney general.
Pam Bondi was pressed about the 2020 election and Trump's influence over the Justice Department, while Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone on the Russia-Ukraine war.
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