{"id":2402299,"date":"2025-02-13T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-nominee-kash-patel-advances-to-final-senate-vote-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:36:50","slug":"fbi-director-nominee-kash-patel-advances-to-final-senate-vote-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-nominee-kash-patel-advances-to-final-senate-vote-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI director nominee Kash Patel advances to final Senate vote &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-director-nominee-kash-patel-advances-to-final-senate-vote-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402299&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate Judiciary Committee \u2062has approved Kash Patel&#8217;s nomination to \u2062become the next\u2063 FBI director, allowing \u2064the nomination to\u2064 move to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rino-tom-emmer-drops-out-of-speaker-race-hours-after-winning-gop-nomination\/\" title=\"Tom Emmer, labeled a &#039;RINO,&#039; withdraws from Speaker race shortly after securing GOP ....\">final\u2064 vote<\/a> in the Senate.Patel, a\u200d 44-year-old lawyer \u2062with\u200c ties to former President Donald Trump, faces meaningful\u200d opposition from Democrats, with\u200c no support \u200bfrom the committee&#8217;s Democratic\u2064 members. The committee&#8217;s chairman, Chuck Grassley, defended Patel, claiming that the criticism from the Democratic side amounts to harassment. <\/p>\n<p>Patel gained notoriety for his involvement \u2064in the House Intelligence Committee during the Trump management and\u200b for his role in drafting a memo that questioned the validity of the FBI&#8217;s inquiry into \u2063alleged Trump-Russia collusion. Democrats have raised concerns\u2064 over Patel&#8217;s qualifications, alleging that he lacks the necessary experience and temperament \u2064to lead the FBI. <\/p>\n<p>Senator Dick\u200c Durbin specifically criticized Patel, alleging that he has been improperly coordinating with the FBI and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-..., Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">promoted conspiracy theories<\/a>.He\u200d accused Patel of lying during his confirmation hearing regarding his connections \u2063with conspiracy theorists. \u2063Despite the ongoing \u2062pushback from Democrats, Patel&#8217;s nomination is prioritized for a \u2062Senate \u2063vote as early as next week.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FBI director nominee Kash Patel advances to final Senate vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1981249\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday in favor of moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kash Patel\">Kash Patel<\/a>&lsquo;s nomination to the Senate floor for a final vote, bringing President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s choice to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"FBI\">FBI<\/a> one step closer to confirmation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>No committee Democrats supported Patel, a 44-year-old lawyer and MAGA firebrand who has vowed to end what he says are abuses of power at the bureau.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the voting schedule told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Patel&rsquo;s final vote &ldquo;is a priority&rdquo; and will be brought to the floor &ldquo;as early as next week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has stood by Patel in the face of Democrats&rsquo; vehement opposition to him and reiterated praise for him in remarks ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Patel has spent his whole career fighting for righteous causes,&rdquo; Grassley said, adding that Democrats&rsquo; criticisms of Patel amounted to &ldquo;harassment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Patel worked as a defense lawyer, a federal prosecutor, and in national security roles in the first Trump administration. However, Patel first garnered praise from the president for his investigative work on the House Intelligence Committee in 2018. At the time, Patel drafted a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">widely circulated memo highlighting alleged flaws<\/a> in the FBI&rsquo;s investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion. Two inspector general reports later corroborated a portion of the memo, and Trump used it to undermine the bureau&rsquo;s efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The committee vote came later in the month than expected after Democrats used a delay strategy to prolong it. They again employed those tactics Thursday, as each Democratic committee member used speaking time to voice their dissatisfaction with Patel&rsquo;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said, after significant vetting, he was certain Patel had &ldquo;neither the experience, the judgment, nor the temperament to lead the FBI.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Durbin recently brought to light anonymous whistleblower allegations that Patel was improperly coordinating with the bureau, where morale has dampened after Trump and his Justice Department appointees ousted several top FBI executives and warned more firings were forthcoming because of perceived mishandling of Jan. 6 riot cases and other matters.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin alleged Patel was &ldquo;personally directing the ongoing purge,&rdquo; while Grassley characterized the claim as a desperate attempt to &ldquo;throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Durbin and other Democrats also repeatedly accused Patel of lying under oath during his confirmation hearing, including when he denied knowing Stew Peters, a conspiracy theorist and antisemite whose podcast Patel appeared on eight times.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking member also reiterated his concerns with Patel&rsquo;s book <em>Government Gangsters<\/em>, in which Patel calls members of the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-ag-barr-create-durham-special-counsel-to-prevent-president-trump-from-releasing-information-related-to-crossfire-hurricane\/\" title=\"Did AG Barr Create Durham Special Counsel to Prevent ... ... from Releasing Information Related to Crossfire Hurricane?\">deep state<\/a> &ldquo;criminals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whatever the hell that is,&rdquo; Durbin said in reference to the term &ldquo;deep state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Committee Democrats also highlighted how Patel has promoted conspiracies during his more than a thousand media appearances in recent years. Patel once falsely accused the FBI of planning the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and said there was &ldquo;a lot&rdquo; of truth to QAnon.<\/p>\n<p>Patel said during his confirmation hearing that he interacts with people who promote outlandish claims &ldquo;to take on people who are putting on conspiratorial theories and to disavow them of their false impressions and to talk to them about the truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said in his 11 years on the committee, he found Republicans had, in his view, a preordained decision to move forward with Patel and that it was one of the most &ldquo;perplexing&rdquo; nominations he had seen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m surprised that there&rsquo;s not more people who are calling some of this out,&rdquo; Booker said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1981249\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1981249\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI nominee Kash Patel moves closer to Senate confirmation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2402300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25020768905184.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50333,44864,5894,45632,32076],"class_list":["post-2402299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fbi-director-nominee","tag-kash-patel","tag-politics","tag-senate-vote","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25020768905184.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402303,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402299\/revisions\/2402303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}