Kash Patel, President Trump’s chosen candidate to lead the FBI, is set to have a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 30.
A majority vote from the committee is required before Patel can receive a full confirmation vote in the Senate, according to BBC, as reported by Sinjali.
Patel is considered one of Donald Trump’s most controversial remaining candidates.
He is accused of being blindly loyal to Trump following a book he published in 2023.
Titled Government Gangsters, the book labels several elected officials who opposed Trump as enemies of the United States and members of the “deep state.”
In the book, he vowed for retribution.
Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat and member of the Judiciary Committee, said in a statement after meeting with Patel on Thursday that he remained “concerned” about “Patel’s ability to put past grievances aside and focus the FBI on its core mission of keeping Americans safe.”
