{"id":2403988,"date":"2025-02-18T20:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kash-patel-clears-key-senate-hurdle-to-advance-toward-fbi-director-confirmation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T01:51:32","slug":"kash-patel-clears-key-senate-hurdle-to-advance-toward-fbi-director-confirmation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kash-patel-clears-key-senate-hurdle-to-advance-toward-fbi-director-confirmation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel clears key Senate hurdle to advance toward FBI director confirmation &#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\">30<\/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%2Fkash-patel-clears-key-senate-hurdle-to-advance-toward-fbi-director-confirmation-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=2403988&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>Kash Patel, nominated by President Donald Trump to be the FBI\u200b director, has made\u200c progress\u2062 towards \u2064confirmation\u2064 after the Senate voted 48-45\u2063 to \u2063advance his nomination, primarily along party lines. All \u2062Republican senators supported Patel, and a final confirmation vote is expected on Thursday. Patel, \u2063a controversial figure due to his past roles in national security and as\u2063 a prominent defender of Trump, aims to \u2062reform \u200bwhat he perceives as a\u200d politicized FBI. Despite backing from Republicans and endorsements from \u200cretired \u200cFBI agents, he \u200dfaces strong opposition from Democrats and some former Trump officials, who label him as unqualified and\u200d raise concerns about his \u2064promotion of \u200cconspiracy theories. additionally,allegations regarding potential perjury and coordination with the FBI to manipulate personnel decisions have surfaced,which Patel has denied.\u2064 His nomination continues to highlight partisan \u2064divisions within the Senate.  <\/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\">Kash Patel clears key Senate hurdle to advance toward FBI director confirmation<\/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>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"FBI\">FBI<\/a> director nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kash Patel\">Kash Patel<\/a>, inched one step closer to confirmation on Tuesday after the Senate voted along party lines, 48-45, to advance his nomination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>All Republicans voted in favor of Patel on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-moderates-in-standoff-with-pelosi-as-budget-talks-stall\/\" title=\"House Moderates In Standoff With Pelosi As Budget Talks Stall\">key procedural vote<\/a>, and lawmakers signaled that a final vote to confirm him will take place Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the vote, some Republicans voiced their support for Patel, a controversial firebrand and former national security official who has vowed to curb what he describes as a politicized FBI.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve spoken to multiple people I respect about Kash Patel this weekend&mdash;both for and against. The ones who worked closely with Kash vouched for him. I will vote for his confirmation,&rdquo; Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), an occasional swing vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenBillCassidy\/status\/1891979235956289968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), another centrist and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was responsible for vetting Patel, has become one of Patel&rsquo;s most vocal supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to confirm @Kash_Patel,&rdquo; Tillis wrote on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Patel&rsquo;s nomination has become a highly partisan ordeal. He has drawn widespread support from Republicans and garnered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3302642\/former-fbi-agents-boost-kash-patel-high-stakes-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">endorsements<\/a> from retired FBI agents and major police associations, but Democrats and some former Trump appointees, such as former Attorney General Bill Barr, vehemently oppose his nomination and have deemed him unqualified for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Patel worked as a lawyer and in the Department of Defense and intelligence community roles in the first Trump administration. His work as lead counsel on the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 is what first put him on Trump&rsquo;s radar, however. At the time, Patel drafted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-nominee-kash-patel-advances-to-final-senate-vote-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... ... advances to final ... ... - Washington Examiner\">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 and Republicans touted it as a means of undermining the bureau&rsquo;s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats have pointed to Patel promoting various conspiracy theories and his brash self-promotion during his hundreds of media appearances on mostly right-wing outlets in recent years as indications that he is unsuitable to lead the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-is-right-bidens-ban-of-terms-like-illegal-alien-is-orwellian-designed-to-cover-up-the-truth\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Is Right: Biden\u2019s Ban Of Terms Like \u2018Illegal Alien\u2019 Is Orwellian, Designed To Cover Up The Truth\">premier law enforcement agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have also accused Patel of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JudiciaryDems\/status\/1891986932629905734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">perjuring<\/a> himself after ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently brought to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">light anonymous whistleblower allegations<\/a> that Patel was improperly coordinating with the bureau to arrange employee firings before he is set to take the reins at the FBI. Patel had denied any such coordination during his confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation came amid weakened morale at the FBI after Trump and his Justice Department appointees ousted several top FBI executives and warned more firings were forthcoming depending on employees&rsquo; roles in the Jan. 6 investigation. Trump has signaled that anyone who handled the cases in what he viewed as an overzealous manner would be terminated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Erika Knight, Patel&rsquo;s spokeswoman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3320660\/republicans-shun-revelations-kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">denied<\/a> Durbin&rsquo;s whistleblower claim and blamed the media for elevating it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once again, the media is relying on anonymous sources and second-hand gossip to push a false narrative,&rdquo; Knight said in a statement.<\/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>Kash Patel moves closer to FBI director confirmation after Senate vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2403989,"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":[50631,36083,44864,48508,32076],"class_list":["post-2403988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-confirmation-process","tag-fbi-director","tag-kash-patel","tag-senate-hearing","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\/2403988","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=2403988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403992,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403988\/revisions\/2403992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}