Attorney General Pam Bondi swore in FBI Director Kash Patel following his 51-49 confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Director Patel delivered remarks, promising to follow the Constitution and bring accountability. Additionally, he gave a message to the media saying, "I know the media's in here. And if you have a target, that target's right here. It's not the men and women at the FBI.

FEB 20, 2025

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds a meeting at 10:15 a.m. ET on Feb. 6 to consider the nomination of Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the Department of Justice, and an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, committee rules, and designation of subcommittees for the 119th Congress.

Feb 6, 2025

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing to examine the nomination of Kash Patel of Nevada to be director of the FBI at 9:30 a.m. ET on Jan. 30.

Democrat Senator Mazie Hirono starts talking like a condescending valley girl during Kash Patel's confirmation hearing. Do better, Hawaii. There is no way this woman is the best you have to offer for the US Senate. Hirono: Did you make moneeeeey? Patel: I don't have those financial disclosures in front of me. You have that information. Hirono: Sooooo you refused to answer the questionnnnn. Patel: I answered 1300 pages. Hirono: You are... pshh... You spread dangerous misinformatioooonnn. 12:44 PM · Jan 30, 2025

, Patel quickly flips the script and rips Biden for commutating the sentence of a man who shot two FBI agents in the head. Durbin: “Is America safer after Trump pardoned 1600 J6ers?” Patel: “I believe America is not safer because President Biden's commutation of a man who m*rdered two FBI agents… the families deserve better than to have the man that point blank range fired a shotgun into their heads and m*rdered them released from prison.” 10:54 AM · Jan 30, 2025

Klobuchar (hysterical): “Did you say that the FBI headquarters should be shut down and reopened as a Museum of the Deep State?” Patel: “If the best attacks on me are gonna be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations, the only thing this body is doing is defeating the credibility of the men and women at the FBII stood with them here in this country.” “I was on the ground in service of this nation and any accusations leveled against me that I would somehow put political bias before the Constitution are grotesquely unfair. And I will have you reminded that I have been endorsed by over 300,000 law enforcement officers to become the next director of the FBI.”

Dec 26, 2024