On Tuesday, the GOP-led Senate broke the filibuster on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel to become director of the FBI, a bureau that has faced claims of politicization in recent years.
By a 48-45 tally, members voted to invoke cloture. A handful of senators did not vote. Lawmakers now have limited time to debate the nomination before a final confirmation vote, expected to happen by Thursday.
Trump selected Patel, a top investigator for the House Intelligence Committee who later served in high-level national security positions within the president’s first administration, in late November.
“Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,” Trump said in a statement.
Trump went on to assert that his pick to lead the FBI “played a pivotal…
