Ill., used his opening statement to voice his concerns about Kash Patel is he were confirmed to lead the FBI. Durbin said Patel, "traffics in debunked conspiracy theories," and voiced his concerns about his past statements about the "Deep State.

Sen. Dick Durbin slammed Kash Patel during the FBI Director nominee's confirmation hearing Thursday. "Mr. Patel has neither the experience, temperament, or judgment nor the judgment to lead an agency.

During Patel's confirmation hearing, Durbin pressed Patel on Trump's blanket pardons, including for individuals who admitted to violence against law enforcement and those who subsequently committed crimes.

A Democrat has requested information from government agencies regarding claims that Kash Patel violated protocol during an attempted hostage rescue mission.

US: Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) took a brief moment during Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to throw a little shade at his colleague, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), over the latter’s claims that Kash Patel was a “conspiracy theorist.

Durbin wrote, “I have recently received highly credible information revealing that while serving in the first Trump Administration’s National Security Council, Kash Patel broke protocol regarding hostage rescues by publicly commenting without authorization on the then in-progress retrieval of two Americans held captive by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in October 2020.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he plans to oppose the nomination of Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI. “Kash Patel has

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said the former Trump administration official had “neither the experience, the judgment or the temperament” to lead federal law enforcement.

The Anti-Defamation League refers to Peters as a “conspiracy theorist, radio show host, Christian nationalist and prolific antisemite.”

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.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, vowed on Thursday to protect FBI employees against "political retribution"