Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Kash Patel in the first formal hearing on his nomination for director of the FBI.
Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) set the tone for Republicans in his opening statement. He said he hoped that Patel would bring greater accountability to the agency that he may soon lead.
“Either you’re going to run your agency, or the agency’s going to run you,” he told Patel.
The Jan. 30 meeting also included many tense exchanges between Patel and Democrats over his competence, past statements, and independence from President Donald Trump.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) told the nominee that his “mission now has been to go after people”—a charge that Patel denied….