Senate Confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director
The Senate confirmed Kashyap “Kash” Patel as the new FBI director on Thursday in a Senate vote that largely fell along party lines.
51 Senators voted in favor of Patel’s confirmation, against 49 no votes, cementing him as the director of the nation’s leading federal law enforcement agency.
Two high-profile Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, notably voted against his confirmation.
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader, who announced Thursday he will not be seeking re-election in 2026, voted in favor of Patel’s nomination. This move came as a surprise to many, especially as McConnell had previously opposed three of Trump’s key picks. McConnell was against having Pete Hegseth as the Defense Secretary, Tulsi Gabbard as the director of National Intelligence, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. (Read more from “Senate Confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director” HERE)
