Feb 20 WATCH: Senate narrowly votes to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The vote puts the Trump loyalist atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite Democrats' doubts about his qualifications and concerns he'll do Trump’s bidding and go after the Republican president's adversaries. Continue reading
Feb 18 Native American activist Leonard Peltier leaves prison after Biden commuted his life sentence By Curt Anderson, Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press Peltier planned to return to North Dakota, where a celebration was planned Wednesday with family and friends. Continue reading
Feb 13 Senate panel advances nomination of Trump's FBI pick Kash Patel, Republicans push past Democrats By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director. Continue reading
Feb 08 Patel's roster of foreign clients draws scrutiny over conflicting interests with the FBI By Brian Slodysko, Eric Tucker, Alan Suderman, Associated Press Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, holds more than $1 million of stock in a fashion company founded in China and advised a roster of foreign clients, including a Czech arms maker that top Republicans have criticized for being too… Continue reading
Feb 07 Trump says he'll fire some FBI agents 'very surgically' By Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to see some FBI agents fired as the Justice Department reviews how the agency handled investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch GOP Sen. Schmitt says 'FBI ripe for real reform' and Patel has the experience to do it By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens While many Trump nominees have been confirmed at a break-neck speed, FBI director nominee Kash Patel will have to wait. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee forced a delay over objections to Patel’s plans to further purge agents from the FBI… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 3:35 Senators ask FBI director nominee Kash Patel about 'enemies list' and politicization By Laura Barrón-López, Eliot Barnhart Kash Patel, President Trump's choice to lead the FBI, faced sharp and at times bipartisan questioning during a hearing on Thursday. Laura Barrón-López reports. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 7:55 National security experts share thoughts on concerns surrounding Gabbard and Patel By Amna Nawaz, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens To discuss the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Kash Patel to lead the FBI, Amna Nawaz spoke with two leading voices in the intelligence community, Frank Montoya Jr., a national security analyst and retired… Continue watching
Jan 30 FBI sees sharp spike of sexual misconduct claims in its ranks as agency works to eliminate longstanding problem By Jim Mustian, Associated Press The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging from assault to harassment, despite a pledge by the bureau's leaders to eliminate the longstanding problem… Continue reading
Jan 30 WATCH: Kash Patel testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for FBI director By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Matthew Brown, Associated Press Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list" and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president's adversaries… Continue reading