Kash Patel told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that he would focus on combating violent crime and cooperating with congressional oversight if confirmed as the next FBI director, as top members of the committee offered sharply different views over his fitness for the role at his confirmation hearing.
Patel, a former Trump campaign surrogate and former Trump administration official, used his opening remarks to tell the panel that he would put a focus on the agency’s core mission if confirmed.
“That is to investigate fully wherever there is a constitutional factual basis to do so and to never make a prosecutorial decision that is solely the providence of the Department of Justice and the attorney general,” Patel said.
