Fetterman Says FBI Nominee Kash Patel Pledged Not to Pursue Political Opponents

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has been meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees and says he is open to voting for them.

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) walks toward the Senate Chamber in Washington on March 23, 2024. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said that Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, pledged during an off-record meeting that he wouldn’t pursue prosecutions against the incoming president’s political opponents.

“He absolutely [said] that’s never going to happen,” Fetterman said during a Dec. 22 appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”