Conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead FBI, faces Senate blowback

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It is already clear that confirming Patel through the US Senate is likely to be less than plain sailing. Mike Rounds, a Republican senator from South Dakota, indicated that Patel could face a tough confirmation battle.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/01/trump-picks-loyalist-kash-patel-to-run-fbi
Rounds pointedly sang the praises of the existing FBI director in an interview with ABC’s This Week. He said that Wray, who still has three more years of his 10-year term to serve, was a “very good man”, adding that he had “no objections about the way that he is doing his job right now”.

Conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead FBI, faces Senate blowback

‘Deep state’ critic who has threatened to shut down agency’s headquarters could face tough confirmation battle

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He has also threatened to use the power of federal law enforcement to go after those he claims are responsible for corrupting the federal government, a list of whom he published in his memoir. Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s current national security adviser, was among that list: Patel called him “one of the corrupt actors of the first order”.