Trump FBI Nominee Kash Patel Must Restore Americans’ Faith in Agency, GOP Senator Says

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote that he believes that whoever leads the bureau must ‘chart a new course.’

Kash Patel, a former chief of staff in the Department of Defense, speaks during a campaign rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A leading Republican senator who is in line to become the Senate Judiciary chairman said that President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the FBI, former national security official Kash Patel, must restore Americans’ confidence in the federal law enforcement bureau.

On Nov. 30, Trump announced his nomination of Patel, who has backed the president-elect’s assertions about how government officials have weaponized agencies against his administration.