The Senate confirmed Kash Patel, 51-49, as the 19th FBI Director. His term lasts ten years.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted no.
I’m shocked Sen. Mitch McConnell voted yes.
Patel told Fox News Digital he wants people to trust the FBI. He plans on building a “transparent, accountable” FBI and warned those who want “to harm Americans” that his agency will “hunt you down in every corner of this planet.”
This is important though: “The politicization of our justice system has eroded public trust — but that ends today.”
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