1 day ago · Topline. President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee Kash Patel is expected to be approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, putting him one step closer to Senate confirmation, after ...

He served as a National Security Council official, chief of staff to the acting U.S. secretary of defense, and senior advisor to the acting director of national intelligence, all during the first presidency of Donald Trump.

Jan 31, 2025 · Kash Patel is an American lawyer and government official selected by Pres. Donald Trump to serve as director of the FBI in his second administration. Patel held several posts during Trump’s first term and is known for claiming the existence of a “deep state” in the U.S. government.

Jan 29, 2025 · President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be FBI Director Kash Patel walks to a meeting in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on December 12, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images

Jan 30, 2025 · Kash Patel, a one-time aide to President Donald Trump, will inch closer to leading the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) when he sits for his US Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Jan 28, 2025 · Days after Trump’s June 2023 indictment on charges of hoarding the documents, Patel insisted to listeners of his “Kash’s Corner” podcast that Trump was permitted under a law known as the Presidential Records Act to take classified records with …

Dec 2, 2024 · Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI and an ardent supporter of the president-elect, has vowed to help dismantle the same organization he’s poised to lead.

Dec 1, 2024 · United States President-elect Donald Trump has nominated one of his most loyal aides, Kash Patel, to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), drawing a sharp reaction from critics,...

3 days ago · Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025.

Jan 30, 2025 · Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, said he was unaware of the details about a choir whose song he produced to raise money for the families of people imprisoned for ...