10 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Democratic senator has asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate after he says he received information that President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, had been “personally directing the ongoing purge” of agents at the bureau. The letter Tuesday from Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee ...

14 hours ago · Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of ...[+] Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate ...

12 hours ago · “I have received highly credible information from multiple sources that Kash Patel has been personally directing the ongoing purge of career civil servants at the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

8 hours ago · The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is alleging that Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is “personally directing the ongoing purge” of bureau employees.

15 hours ago · The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday accused Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for F.B.I. director, of improperly directing a wave of firings at the bureau without ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is insisting to deeply skeptical Democrats that he does not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch politically motivated investigations.

Jan 30, 2025 · Mr. Patel, who has repeatedly accused the bureau’s leadership of weaponizing its vast powers to target Mr. Trump, told the committee he believed that 98 percent of the F.B.I. was made up of ...

Dec 1, 2024 · President Donald Trump announced Saturday night that he has picked staunch Trump loyalist Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Dec 1, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump intends to install Kash Patel, a close ally and former national security aide who has berated the Justice Department and the news media, to replace Christopher...

Jan 29, 2025 · FBI insider raises concerns about Kash Patel's role in hostage rescue 04:44. Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee to serve as FBI director, is set to appear Thursday on Capitol Hill for a high ...