Iowa, on Wednesday described several FBI internal emails that appeared to discuss the early stages of the bureau's investigation into President Donald Trump and his use of fake electors to overturn the 2020 election.
"Mr. Patel has precisely the qualifications we need at this time when the FBI is not being respected by our public," Grassley said in his opening statements.
Patel told senators he would commit himself to "due process and transparency" if confirmed as the bureau's director.
The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging from assault to harassment, despite a pledge by the bureau’s leaders to eliminate the longstanding problem.
Ahead of Kash Patel's confirmation hearing, Sen. Chuck Grassley addressed Wednesday's deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport.
Direct-to-consumer advertising can be a controversial topic in the pharma industry. While the US isn’t the only other country to allow this type of marketing, it isn’t common in other high-income countries. While there are arguments for and against this practice, a new proposed bill could have a major impact on this practice in the United States.
The investigation into Trump was formally opened by the FBI on April 13, 2022, and was known inside the agency as "Arctic Frost."
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, has been in the Senate longer than most Americans have been alive. Now he holds an important key to Donald Trump's second-term agenda.
Iowa, praised the work and background of Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, during his opening statement. Grassley said Patel had a past of "fighting unpopular but righteous causes,
Kash Patel, President Trump's pick for FBI director, faced members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in his confirmation hearing Thursday.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign promise to impose steep tariffs on imports -- including those coming from close U.S. allies -- has some of his fellow Republicans in Congress worried about its potential hit to their home-state economies.