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Kashyap “Kash” Patel was confirmed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a 51-49 Senate vote Thursday, despite Democrats’ desperate attempts to block his nomination.

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “The Story” that President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee Kash Patel took a lot of “cheap shots” from Democratic Senators at his confirmation hearing.

Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a confirmation hearing to become the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday, January 30.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) claimed Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, has “nightmare views” that will “close the part of the FBI that helps protect us” against foreign terrorism.

FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed the rumors on Wednesday, previewing his plans to resign ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.

The National Police Association has endorsed Kash Patel to serve as the FBI director in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI Director, Kash Patel, unofficially begins his confirmation process with a firm footing.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation” that Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s pick to serve as FBI director, is “a very strong nominee” and will be confirmed by the Senate.

More than any other personnel decision former President Donald Trump, the president-elect now, has made for his incoming administration, his decision to pick attorney Kash Patel to lead the FBI as the bureau’s next director has electrified Trump’s most ardent supporters.

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the term “deep State” refers to President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Kash Patel to head the FBI because his objective is reforming the institution.

Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to select Kash Patel to head the FBI was based on his objective to reform the institution.

Hans von Spakovsky speculated that Robert Mueller’s denial of a BuzzFeed report was motivated by the knowledge that such leaks are crimes.

Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe is being interviewed Thursday by the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees, as they hone in on whether political bias tainted the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign.

The White House defended President Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, citing “new information” since he was fired. “I think that that has been shown in the days that followed that the president was right in firing

Former FBI Director James Comey has signed a book deal for a sizable amount of money to discuss his short tenure under President Donald Trump before he was fired, according to a report.

Andrew C. McCarthy, Senior Fellow at National Review and former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York talked with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday regarding the testimony of Christopher Wray before the Senate pursuant to his confirmation as FBI Director. He also discussed his National Review op-ed on Don Trump, Jr.’s emails and calls for impeachment of President Trump.

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters in a Thursday afternoon press conference that President Donald Trump was “very clear” when he tweeted that he does not have and did not make recordings of his meetings with then FBI Director James Comey.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — White House Principle Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders rebuked a reporter on Thursday for asking if the President is a liar.

President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Marc Kasowitz accused former FBI Director James Comey, in response to Comey’s Thursday testimony on Capitol Hill, of retaliating against Trump by leaking privileged communications with the President to the press.

In an appearance Wednesday on “CBS This Morning,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) accused President Donald Trump of attempting to distract from the upcoming Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that will include testimony from former FBI Director James Comey by nominating Christopher

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) said again on Tuesday that he is not interested in succeeding James Comey as director of the FBI. His statement reaffirms what he told Breitbart Texas last week when news outlets reported his name being on President Donald Trump’s short list.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that he supports a proposal by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) to block the confirmation of the next FBI director until a special prosecutor is named to investigate allegations of collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.

Calls for a special counsel to pursue a possible Russia investigation are dead wrong on the law, as are calls for Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to advise President Trump on selecting a new FBI director. This is politics at its most cynical.

President Trump hinted that it is “possible” that the FBI’s top post will be filled by Friday, according to a White House press pool report released Saturday.

Reports from Washington indicate that Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is on the short list to take over the position of FBI director following the firing of James Comey.

With the new letter by Director James Comey released Sunday stating the FBI has reviewed Anthony Weiner’s laptop and concluded it will still not recommend prosecuting Hillary Clinton for her private email server, the value of the Mexican peso jumped for joy.

Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) directly challenged FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, questioning if the Bureau understood the lengths human intelligence assets went to in order to collect information that was simply left unsecured on a server in Clinton’s basement. Hurd also challenged Democratic representatives’ assertions that the hearing was political theater and pointed out that Americans risked their lives to gather the information.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) downplayed the damage done by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mis-handling of classified information on her private email server, as FBI director James Comey testified at the House Oversight Committee on Thursday.

Texas is standing up to the federal government saying officials will not agree to a 25 percent increase to the number of refugees placed in the state.

CEO Tim Cook says the court order won by the FBI is the ‘Software Equivalent of Cancer.’

A video excerpt from an October 21st House Homeland Security Committee hearing reveals exactly why Texas Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is calling for “a screeching halt” to Syrian resettlement in the country. He and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) are sponsoring a bill which would give governors the ability to protect their states by refusing to accept Syrian refugees.

The established media excluded the most dramatic moments in the Oct. 23 speech by FBI chief James Comey, likely because his remarkably political speech contradicts the anti-cop, anti-enforcement strategy now being pushed by President Barack Obama before the 2016 election.

FBI Director James Comey has prompted the U.S. Ambassador to Poland to issue an apology to that nation for remarks in which he implied that Poland was partially to blame for the Holocaust, and not exclusively a victim of Nazi Germany during its occupation.

The presence of the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) in the United States can be felt in all 50 states, according to the director of the FBI.