Kash PatelPresident Trump’s candidate for the director of the FBI will be presented on Thursday at Capitol Hill for an audience of confirmation of the bets on the Senate Judicial Committee in the middle of the calls of the Republicans for mass reforms in the FBI leadership and concerns. of the Democrats on its physical form to lead the Agency of the Superior Law of the Nation.
Patel, an ally of Trump and ex -federal fiscal and national security official – was Mr Trump in December To take the helm to the agency that has long been a goal of the President’s anger. The FBI director at that time, Christopher Wray, designated by Mr. Trump in his first term, after announced his departure From the highest work, despite not serving the full term of ten years. He said 60 minutes His decision was partly driven by a desire to move “in an orderly manner” and “not pushing the FBI more thoroughly to the strip.”
Presidents have the power to replace the FBI directors as they consider adequate and many past directors have not served full terms of ten years.
Patel previously served as intelligence and defense in the first term of Mr. Trump, and held a position in the National Security Council and as head of office of the Secretary of Defense.
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A FBI Reporting allegation That while serving the Government, Patel violated protocols firmly rooted to maintain the rescue operations of the hostages under wrapping until the captives are safely in the hands of the United States and their families have been notified, as reported above. CBS News. In a letter obtained by CBS News, Senator Dick Durbin, the Democrat of the Ranking of the Senate Judicial Committee, wrote that Patel, as he served the National Security Council during Trump’s first term, “Protocol broke the rescue of ‘Obestals to publicly comment without authorization to the recovery of two Americans, who remained in captivity by militants supported by Iranian in Yemen in October 2020. ”
A fountain near Patel again promoted the complaints and criticisms of the Democrats, saying -CBS News: “Mr. Patel was a public defender, a decorated prosecutor and a national security official who maintained the north -Americans Safe.
An old Justice Department prosecutor, Patel, has been very critical of the leadership within the organization, and has stated that recent cases against Trump were politically armed against the President and Republicans, officials of allegations of the allegations of the allegations. ‘Agency have previously denied.
In 2023, Patel published a book entitled “Government Gangsters” in which he stated that the “FBI has become so deeply committed that it will remain a threat to people unless drastic measures are taken.” He has pledged to take on government officials and media members who said he “lied to North -American citizens who helped Joe Biden Rig Rig Rig Presidential elections.”
The FBI occupied a greater scrutiny of Mr. Trump and his allies in 2022, when the FBI officers executed a search order authorized by court at his residence Mar-Alago in Florida. The search exposed what had been a federal probe in progress in the manipulation of Trump classified records after leaving the post. The president has long denied the offenses and has stated that the FBI and the Department of Justice directed him due to political considerations.
If the Senate is confirmed, Patel would be the third director of the FBI to work under a Trump administration and would take over the main apparatus of the country’s federal law in the midst of years of intense criticism by Trump and its allies in Capitol. Hill. Would report to the United States Attorney General. Trump’s selection for this role, Florida’s former Attorney General, Pam Bondi, eliminated a critical committee vote on Wednesday and is likely to be confirmed for his post in the coming days.
Many republican senators of the Judicial Committee, including President Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, have applauded Patel’s nomination as a step towards the necessary reform.
“The common sense we have in the middle west, we need more in Washington, DC and I think the [nominees] they will take him and kash is one of them, “said Grassley In a recent podcast.
The Democrats, however, have been out of their opposition to Patel’s candidacy and said their past as a reason for concern.
To confirm, Patel will first have to receive most votes from the Senate Judicial Committee led by the GOP, after which his candidacy would be submitted to the full Senate to vote.
Dan Klaidman contributed to this report.