Durbin unloads on Trump’s ‘unqualified loyalist’ FBI director pick of Patel
By
Ramsey Touchberry
December 1, 2024 2:43 pm
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-ranking Democrat as majority whip and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, unleashed on President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the FBI.
The nomination of Kash Patel was a controversial one that could face confirmation headwinds, even in the soon-to-be Republican-controlled Senate.
Durbin slammed the choice of Patel, who’s vowed to dismantle the “deep state.”
“We already have a FBI Director, Christopher Wray, and his term does not expire until 2027,” Durbin said in a statement. “President-elect Trump knows this, because he nominated Director Wray in 2017 after he fired the previous director, James Comey, another lifelong Republican who failed Trump’s loyalty test.”
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