Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said he has "highly credible information" that Patel is behind the firings at the FBI, though he is not yet the FBI director.

Democrats voiced their strong opposition to Patel during Thursday’s hearing, with Ranking Member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., saying the Senate is “inviting a political disaster if we put Kash Patel into ...

A top Democratic senator has asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate after he says he received information that Kash Patel had been “personally directing the ongoing purge” of ...

FIRST ON FOX: A team member for President Donald Trump's FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, pushed back Wednesday on allegations that Patel played a role in the firings of bureau personnel just ...

Kash Patel, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, was accused of directing firings of senior FBI officials from outside the agency.

Durbin said that according to his own “sources,” Patel is receiving information from the director’s advisory team and then “provides direction” to Miller, who relays it to Bove. “It is ...

Dick Durbin (D-IL) — who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee — alleged that Patel has already been purging FBI staff. “I have received highly credible information from ...

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to lead the FBI, of lying under oath at his confirmation hearing last month. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin ...