Calif., pressed Kash Patel about his association with a song with January 6 rioters. Schiff then told Patel to address Capitol Police officers with them in the hearing room and say if he was "proud" of what he did.

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel was involved in a tense exchange with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Thursday over President Donald Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters earlier this year.

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 or launch investigations for political purposes.

Kash Patel, a one-time aide to President Donald Trump, will inch closer to leading the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) when he sits for his US Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Patel, a former Department of Defence (DoD) chief of staff, is a fervent Trump supporter and a fellow critic of the US government's top law enforcement agency.

Trump's nominee for FBI director will face probing questions from U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about his credentials and history of making false claims about the agency he's been tapped to lead.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, portrayed himself Thursday as the right leader of a law enforcement agency he said had lost public trust and told senators he would commit himself to ''due process and transparency" if confirmed as director.

President Donald Trump’s new administration is looking ahead to key Senate hearings this week for three of his most controversial nominees.

Senators pressed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his past vaccine and abortion remarks in the first of two days of hearings before senators vote on whether to confirm him as President Trump’s health secretary.

Kash Patel’s Senate confirmation hearing takes a chaotic turn as accusations fly and tensions erupt. Senators clash over his controversial past, with heated exchanges on conspiracy theories and pandemic misinformation.

Kash Patel to face deeply skeptical questioning from Democratic senators about his loyalty to the president and stated desire to overhaul the bureau

Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI director, clashed during Patel's confirmation hearing Thursday.