Maga Loyalist Kash Patel has been confirmed by the Senate as FBI director of Donald Trump.
It was a shaking of the agency that stands in the center of 'politicization' accusations and control of the GOP.
Patel, who once said that he would close the FBI building on the first day and to be accused of being part of the 'Deep State', is now locked up in a period of 10 years.
His confirmation came after a sizzling battle between Democrats and Republicans in which Trump critics Patel closed as unqualified and missed the temperament to be a top agent.
He is the last in a series of controversial nominees of Trump to endure by confirmation along party lines, because Republicans have enough senators to confirm them without two -time support.
Patel, 44, was confirmed in a period of ten years to replace Former FBI director Christopher Wray, who also nominated Trump during his first term before he turned against him.
It was not always clear whether Patel would have the necessary support that should be confirmed, but Gop sensors have repeatedly folded Maga, despite the fact that they are concerned about nominees.
Senate -Republicans vote to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Thursday that she would vote 'no' for the confirmation of Patel.
She noticed in a statement on the recent dismissal of career -federal public prosecutors who 'felt that they were being instructed in a way that was not consistent with their ethical obligations' and a recent questionnaire sent to FBI employees with regard to their involvement in investigations.
Collins said there was a fascinating need for an FBI director who is definitely apolitical. '
'Mr. The recent political profile of Patel undermines its ability to serve in the apolitical role of director of the FBI, “Collins said.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) also voted 'no' about his nomination and said in a statement that her concerns arise from his earlier political activities and how they would influence his leadership.
After the confirmation hearing of Patel in the Senate Cycling Committee, Democrats sounded the alarm that Patel may have gone through during his confirmation hearing.
The top democratic senator Dick Durbin said that credible whistleblowers had emerged with proof that he led the cleansing of FBI officials before he even took on.
But when asked whether he was aware of discussions about shooting agents who were connected to Trump studies during the hearing, Patel denied without any knowledge in response to a question from Senator Cory Booker (DN.J.).
Republicans have pushed back on the outrage of Democrats and have argued that Patel is the right man for the job, because they accuse the agency of being 'armed' against the president who charges several times after his first term.
Democrats counteract the arms claims are demonstrably untrue, because Trump was convicted by a jury in court for committing crimes and the Ministry of Justice has also filed criminal charges against Democrats.
They said that the installation of Patel to lead the desk could do irreparable damage to the agency to protect Americans.
Patel will be sworn in on January 30, 2025 for his confirmation hearing for the Senate's Judicial Committee
The appointment of Patel was led from the committee last week along party lines after a brutal confirmation hearing last month, forcing Patel to tackle accusations that he would use the agency to retreat against the enemies of Trump.
The now emerging FBI director as a long history of public calls for punishments against people he argues are part of the 'deep state' and the undermining of Trump.
“The deep state continues to arm the power of the state against internal dissidents,” wrote Patel in his book from 2023.
He accused them of covering their own crimes, called them criminals and wrote that the FBI “is one of the most cunning and powerful arms of the deep state.”
Patels list of more than 50 that he accuses of his in the 'deep state' appeared in the appendix of his book 'Government Gangsters' and includes President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris and former Trump administration officials such as Bill Barr.
Democrats referred to the group as the 'list of enemies' of Patel and took a serious issue with it during his confirmation status of 30 January.
But Patel stated in his hearing that it was not a 'enemy list' and that there would be 'no resistant actions' if he was confirmed.
Democratic senators also accused Patel of the pedal of conspiracy theories. In the past he appeared to the Qanon court when he called 'the Q -Ding' a movement.
“I don't agree with much of what that movement says, but I agree with a lot of what that movement says,” he said in a podcast interview from 2022.
But Patel pushed back when Democrats brought it up, with the argument that they twisted his words and were misleading.
He also rejected the accusations of Democratic senators who ensured that he raised money that went to the families of January 6, rebellion surgery who attacked the American Capitol in 2021.
“I never accepted violence against law enforcement,” Patel said in the hearing, pressing about money that defended police officers who defend the American Capitol.
Patel also distanced himself from Trump about the grace of rioters of January 6 and said that he does not agree with residential work for those who 'devoted violence' against law enforcement.
Republicans have largely pushed back on the accusations of Democrats with Trump aldermen in the congress who praise Patel as the right man for the job.
Prior to the vote, Senator Chuck Grassley, who is chairman of the Senate Law Committee, fierce the nomination of Patel and called on to be confirmed.
'Mr. Patel's career shows that he is a man who will fight to defend the constitution and fight to expose corruption. This is precisely the kind of experience that the FBI director needs, “said Grassley on the Senate floor on Wednesday.
He argued that the allegations of Democrats are 'unfounded' and claimed that the FBI has been 'irresponsible' for too long.
Grassley said that if it is confirmed, the leadership of Patel will not be as usual at the FBI. '
Democrats will speak against the appointment of Kash Patel outside the FBI headquarters on 20 February prior to his vote of the senate confirmation
But Democrats continued to sound on Patel on Thursday morning on Patel as a 'dangerous nomination'.
The group of senators gathered outside the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, where they expressed their concern that Patel was lying against them and killed his fitness.
“I am convinced that he has neither the experience, the judgment or temperament to lead the FBI,” said Durbin.
He accused his Republican colleagues of ignoring red flags, including Patel's recurring instinct to threaten the retaliation against his observed enemies. '
“This is an extremely dangerous error for someone who wants to lead the most powerful domestic research agency of the nation over the next ten years,” said Durbin.
Democrats accused Patel of trying to revise history in the attack on January 6 and said he would make the country less safe.
Senator Peter Welch (D-VT.) Call Patel A 'A Crown Jewel Jewel in Trump's lawless rampage' and an 'instrument' in Trump's attempt to destroy the Ministry of Justice and the FBI.
Patel wears a Maga hat during a Trump bust tour in Charlotte in October 2024
Patel speaks during a Trump meeting in Prescott Valley, Arizona in October 2024
Patel started his career as a public defender. He later worked as a public prosecutor in the Ministry of Justice before he served as a senior assistant at the House Intelligence Committee under the then chairman of the congress member Devin Nunes.
He also worked as an employee of the National Security Council during the first term of Trump, in the office of the director of National Intelligence and as staff chief of the acting Minister of Defense.
