As a Trump loyalist, Patel’s nomination has been highly critical of the agency being weaponized against President Donald Trump. The president has suggested agents that investigated the January 6 Capitol riot will be fired.
Patel, who previously served as the Chief of Staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christoper Miller, can only afford to lose the vote of three Republican senators to be confirmed.
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said she would be voting against Patel, pointing out that Patel has failed to show his apolitical attitude toward the FBI.
“Mr. Patel has made numerous politically charged statements in his book and elsewhere discrediting the work of the FBI, the very institution he has been nominated to lead,” Collins said in a statement. “These statements, in conjunction with the questionnaire sent…
