The newly confirmed head of the country's leading law enforcement agency has a history of advocating politically motivated investigations even while condemning them.
The Senate voted 51-47 to end debate on the Long Island native’s nomination, with final confirmation expected Thursday afternoon.
Kash Patel, the newly sworn-in director of the FBI, is expected to also be named acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, two Justice Department sources confirmed to CBS News Saturday.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the Judiciary Committee, dismissed Durbin’s new charges as “hearsay.” He expressed no interest in gathering more information and rejected Democrats’ call for a second confirmation hearing where they could ask Patel directly about the firings of FBI officials.
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