BREAKING: Kash Patel Confirmed As FBI Director
In a closely watched decision, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Kash Patel as the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The confirmation
In a closely watched decision, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Kash Patel as the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The confirmation vote concluded with a 51-49 split, as Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska broke party lines to join Democrats in opposition.
An attorney and former government official who has been a prominent figure in conservative political circles, Patel has served in various roles of the previous Trump administration, including as Chief of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense, Christopher Miller.
Before that, Patel worked as a senior aide on the National Security Council and as a key investigator for the House Intelligence Committee under then-Chairman Devin Nunes. In that role, he played a significant role in challenging the Russia collusion narrative and was instrumental in compiling the 2018 Nunes memo, which criticized the FBI’s handling of the Trump-Russia investigation.
Patel’s nomination as FBI director has been a flashpoint in Washington since President Trump announced his intent to appoint him in November. Throughout the process, Democrat senators rigorously questioned Patel regarding his past statements and actions.
January 30, 2025 – Washington DC: The Senate Intelligence Committee examines the nomination of Kashyap Patel for Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Before a key Senate committee approved his nomination last week, the former prosecutor was grilled by ranking member Dick Durbin (D-IL) on whether America is “safer” after Trump unconditionally pardoned all 1,600 J6 prisoners and defendants.
“I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement,” he told members of the Judiciary Committee.
In contrast to his usual fiery demeanor in the press, Patel sounded a note of conservatism as he promised to run an “apolitical” Bureau. “There will be no politicization at the FBI,” Patel said. “There will be no retributive action.”
“Mr. Patel has undergone a rigorous vetting,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in a hearing last week. “He produced more than a thousand pages of records and disclosed over a thousand interviews. He underwent an FBI background investigation, produced a financial disclosure, and worked with ethics officials to identify and resolve potential conflicts of interest.”
Despite some concerns, the committee advanced his nomination with a 12-10 party-line vote on February 13. After, the Senate voted 51-47 to close debate on Patel’s nomination, positioning him on the brink of confirmation to lead the FBI.
President Trump, in announcing his nomination of Patel, promised his former aide would “end the growing crime epidemic in America, dismantle the migrant criminal gangs, and stop the evil scourge of human and drug trafficking across the Border.”
In his 2023 book, “Government Gangsters,” Patel described the FBI as “a tool of surveillance and suppression of American citizens” and “one of the most cunning and powerful arms of the Deep State.”
One of Patel’s most notable proposals involved closing the FBI’s Washington, D.C., headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building. He envisions repurposing it as a “museum of the deep state” and redistributing its approximately 7,000 employees across various field offices nationwide.
“Then, I’d take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them across America to chase down criminals. Go be cops. You’re cops — go be cops,” Patel said during a September interview on the ‘Shawn Ryan Show.’
Patel is expected to serve a 10-year term, succeeding Christopher Wray.
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