Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard to Face Confirmation Hearings: What to Expect

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Trump’s nominees to lead the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are scheduled for Senate hearings on Jan. 30.

The Senate will hold hearings on Jan. 30 to consider President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the U.S. intelligence community and the FBI, key national security appointees that are likely to face intense scrutiny before they can proceed to a confirmation vote.

Trump has nominated Tulsi Gabbard as his director of national intelligence (DNI) to oversee the various U.S. intelligence and national security agencies, including the FBI.

Gabbard, who currently serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, represented Hawaii’s second congressional district from 2013 to 2021 as a Democrat.

Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as director of the FBI.

Patel has worked as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division. During Trump’s first administration, Patel also worked as a counterterrorism adviser on the White House National Security Council and as a principal deputy in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in 2020 under then-acting DNI Richard Grenell.

After the first Trump administration, Patel hosted a show on EpochTV.

Government Weaponization

The political views of the next FBI director could be a key concern as the Senate considers Patel for the leadership role.

Some Republicans have alleged that the last FBI director, Christopher Wray, allowed the bureau to become unfairly politicized and weaponized against conservatives and other ideological opponents of former President Joe Biden while providing preferential treatment to the Biden family.

Patel has also expressed concerns about corruption and politicization within the intelligence and national security community, including efforts specifically targeting Trump.

In a September 2024 interview on the “Shawn Ryan Show,” Patel said if he were put in charge of the FBI, he‘d shut down its Washington headquarters on his first day and then reopen it the next day “as a museum of the ’deep state.’”

While Trump and other Republicans might see Patel as the change agent needed to counter their concerns about politicization within the FBI, some Democrats have raised concerns that Patel would bring his own brand of political bias to the bureau.

By Ryan Morgan

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