Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, said during his Senate confirmation hearing he did not support granting mass clemency to Jan. 6 defendants.

FBI director nominee Kash Patel broke with President Donald Trump over commuting sentences for Jan. 6, 2021 violence against law enforcement.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. continued to press Patel in blistering terms over President Trump's sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters. The senator then pressed Patel directly, u

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel denounced political violence when the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed him about his views on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and his appearances on right-wing podcasts.

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.

The nominee for F.B.I. director made his nonprofit into a publicity machine, selling his children’s book, his clothing brand and his image as Donald Trump’s ultimate loyalist.

FBI director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday split with President Trump over his blanket pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, telling lawmakers he rejects any violence against law enforcement. Why it matters: The rebuke of the pardon is the most high-profile yet in MAGA world.

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel fired back at Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff as he spewed several allegations about his past involvement with a song sung by the “J6 Prison Choir” during his Thursday confirmation hearing.

Kash Patel, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, is advocating for sweeping and controversial changes to the FBI, as outlined in his 2023 book, “Government Gangsters.” Patel’s proposals include firing top FBI officials, dismantling its ...

Vice President JD Vance issued both a reminder and a warning to Republican senators who might be waffling on Wednesday. In a message on X, he said that both Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “represent parts of the new coalition in our party.

FBI nominee Kash Patel has said he would radically transform the bureau, shrinking its power, closing its Washington headquarters, and replacing the national security workforce with “people who won’t undermine the president’s agenda.