Kashap ‘Kash’ Patel has fiercely criticized Federal Bureau of Investigation and will inherit an agency that has faced several changes, since the Justice Department last month, expelled a group of high employees.
The US Senate confirmed lawyer Kash Patel as FBI’s director, despite the democrats’ questions about their qualifications.
The appointment was approved by the High Chamber of Parliament with 51 votes in favor and 49 against, with the Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, being the only ones of the party to vote against.
“I can’t imagine a worse choice,” Senator Dick Durbin told colleagues before the Senate vote with a majority of the Republican party.
Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel has fiercely criticized Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and will inherit an agency that has faced several changes, since the Justice Department last month, And he made a highly unusual requirement to know the names of thousands of agents who participated in investigations related to the January 6, 2021 riot in the US capitol.