Kash Patel faced sharp questioning from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s nominee to be FBI director.
“The only thing that will matter if I’m confirmed as director of the FBI is a de-weaponized, depoliticized system of law enforcement, completely devoted to rigorous obedience of the Constitution and single standard of justice,” Patel told the committee.
The panel got sidetracked on remixed songs, the definition of the word “we,” and a mock bingo card, and it seemed to split along party lines as some Democrats vowed to oppose Patel’s confirmation even before the hearing began.
In a 16-year career in national security and law enforcement, Patel was a former chief of staff for acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller during the first Trump administration, and has made some controversial remarks as…
