Kash Patel, A Trump Loyalist, Confirmed As FBI Director

Washington:

The Republican-controlled US Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, a staunch loyalist of President Donald Trump, to be director of the FBI, the nation’s high regulation enforcement company.

Patel, 44, whose nomination sparked fierce however in the end futile opposition from Democrats, was permitted by a 51-49 vote.

The vote was break up alongside celebration traces aside from two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted to not affirm Patel to go the 38,000-strong Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Patel drew hearth from Democrats for his promotion of conspiracy theories, his protection of pro-Trump rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and his vow to root out members of a supposed “deep state” plotting to oppose the Republican president.

The Senate has permitted all of Trump’s cupboard picks thus far, underscoring his iron grip on the Republican Celebration.

Amongst them is Tulsi Gabbard, confirmed because the nation’s spy chief regardless of previous assist for adversarial nations together with Russia and Syria, and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be well being secretary.

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