Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said he has "highly credible information" that Patel is behind the firings at the bureau, though he is not yet the FBI director. Patel denied any knowledge of them when ...

President Trump’s nominee to be the next FBI director, Kash Patel, has cleared his committee vote and will soon make his way to the floor for confirmation. So far, all of the president’s nominees — ...

The changes began after former FBI Director Christopher Wray, appointed during Trump’s first term, announced his resignation last month. Acting Director Paul Abbate also stepped down hours ...

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has sent a letter to the Justice Department Inspector General accusing Kash Patel, President Trump's pick for FBI director, of secretly ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Kash Patel's nomination for FBI director to the Senate floor after a fiery confirmation hearing last month and fierce opposition from ...

A top Democratic leader weighing Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director accused him Tuesday of directing a purge of career officials and later perjuring himself in Senate testimony by saying ...

incoming FBI Director was directing members of the FBI to make firings before taking the job, and what it says about the normalization of abuse of power that has defined Trump’s second term in ...

The agency's shakeup began when former FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was nominated by Trump in his first administration, announced last month that he would step down from his post.

At the time, Patel drafted a widely circulated memo highlighting alleged flaws in the FBI’s investigation into alleged Trump-Russia collusion. Two inspector general reports later corroborated a ...

FBI Director-designate Kash Patel cleared a Senate panel in a party-line vote Thursday, setting up a final confirmation vote as soon as next week. All 12 GOP members of the Senate Judiciary ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12 to 10, along party lines, Thursday to proceed with confirmation for Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director. The nomination next ...