President Trump’s choice of a staunch loyalist to lead the bureau upends the post-Watergate tradition of picking nonpartisan directors. Mr. Patel’s enemies list and his vow to exact a campaign of retribution loom over the hearing.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has for years battled US intelligence agencies over the handling of some of the government’s most sensitive national security secrets.

The Left doesn't like Kash Patel because he helped Donald Trump prove that the FBI and the Hillary Clinton were trying to destroy a political opponent.

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to run the FBI, answers questions Thursday in a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement,' Kash Patel says - Anadolu Ajansı

Patel, a Trump loyalist who has railed against the FBI over its investigations into the president and claimed that Jan. 6 rioters were mistreated by the Justice Department, was picked in November to replace Christopher Wray.

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to run the FBI, answers questions Thursday in a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Kash Patel claims he's never heard of right-wing conspiracy theorist — and is reminded he's appeared on his show eight times - Senator says Patel ‘promoted outrageous conspiracy theories and worked wi

Kash Patel has hawked a sketchy supplement to undo the effects of the COVID vaccine, promoted the QAnon cult and promised to go after Trump’s critics.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

What does it means to have someone who appears to be handpicked for loyalty to head an institution as important, and as potentially dangerous, as the F.B.I.?