Another controversial Trump nominee confirmed.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, was confirmed by the Senate today, Thursday, February 20. The final vote was 51-49. Patel has been one of Trump’s more controversial nominees – along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth – but, as with each of these other examples, the Republican majority proved sufficient to the task.
The Controversial Kash Patel
As was the case with the rest of the previously named controversial nominees, the confirmation went mostly along party lines. Notably, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted “aye” in the cloture vote just before 11 a.m. Eastern, which ended 51-47. Susan Collins (R-ME) was the sole Republican to vote “no.” John Boozman (R-AR) and John Fetterman (D-PA) didn’t vote on cloture.
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