Conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI, faces Senate blowback [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Sun 1 Dec 2024 13.44 EST
Last modified on Sun 1 Dec 2024 13.45 EST
Donald Trump’s plan to nominate as FBI director the “deep state” conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, a virulent critic of the bureau who has threatened to fire its top echelons and shut down the agency’s headquarters, is facing blowback in Congress as US senators begin to flex their muscles ahead of a contentious confirmation process.
Politicians from both main parties took to the Sunday talk shows to express starkly divergent views on Patel, whom Trump announced on Saturday as his pick to lead the most powerful law enforcement agency in the US.
The move is dependent on the incumbent FBI chief, Christopher Wray, who Trump himself placed in the job in 2017, either being fired or resigning.
It is already clear that confirming Patel through the US Senate is likely to be less than plain sailing. Mike Rounds, a Republican senator from South Dakota, indicated that Patel could face a tough confirmation battle.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/01/kash-patel-trump-fbi-pick
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