Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel, a former lawyer of Gujarati heritage, was picked by US President Donald Trump to lead the FBI because of his fierce loyalty to Trump and the MAGA movement. Democrats have zeroed in on a book Patel wrote in 2022 in which he laid out an ‘enemies list.

The Senate Judiciary Committee made a surprise announcement Thursday that its vote to advance Kash Patel's FBI nomination has been held over.

Patel told senators he would commit himself to "due process and transparency" if confirmed as the bureau's director.