Kash Patel Confirmed to Lead FBI | 20 Feb 2025 | Kashyap "Kash" Patel was confirmed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a 51-49 Senate vote Thursday, despite Democrats' desperate attempts to block his nomination. Patel, a former federal prosecutor and prior Trump administration intelligence official, won the vote without help from Republican Sens. [deep-state dirt-bags]  Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK), who joined the Democrats against him. The Senate went 51-47 to advance his nomination earlier Thursday, with Sens. John Boozman (R-AR) and John Fetterman (D-PA) missing the vote. President Donald Trump selected Patel to run the FBI shortly after winning the November election, calling him a "brilliant lawyer, investigator, and 'America First' fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People."