Kash Patel Receives Warm Welcome From Judiciary Committee Republicans, Signaling His Nomination Will Make It to the Floor

No Republican senators have come out yet against Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI.

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Kash Patel, President Trump's head of the FBI. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The nomination for President Trump’s director of the FBI, Kash Patel, seems to be on its way to the Senate floor after receiving a warm welcome from Republican lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The vitriol directed at Mr. Patel came instead from Senate Democrats, who questioned his previous support for January 6 rioters and his relationship with some far-right fringe figures. 

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