1 day ago · Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) gives opening statements before the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, President Trump’s choice to be director of the FBI, at the ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley. ... Now, I want to welcome everyone to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of Kash Patel to serve as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Congratulations on your nomination, Mr. Patel, and thank you for your willingness to serve. ...

2 days ago · The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is unsympathetic to Democratic pleas for another hearing with Kash Patel.

3 days ago · WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the Minority’s request to hold a second hearing on Kash Patel’s nomination to be FBI Director: “Kash Patel testified before the Committee for more than five hours, disclosed thousands of pages of records and media appearances, and provided 147 pages of responses to ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, and Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s choice to be director of the FBI, arrive for Patel’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.

Jan 30, 2025 · Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the chairman of the committee, set the tone in his opening remarks. ... Senator Dick Durbin criticises a tweet from Kash Patel about the January 6 defendants [Evelyn ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said that since much of Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing so far has focused on President Donald Trump’s clemency grants to people convicted in connection with the ...

Dec 4, 2024 · U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley praised President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kashyap "Kash" Patel, as being "very, very helpful" in conducting...

Dec 1, 2024 · Writing on X, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said current FBI Director Chris Wray “has failed at fundamental duties,” and that Patel, who was selected by President-elect Donald Trump to replace...

Dec 1, 2024 · Patel, a onetime national security prosecutor who is aligned with the president-elect’s rhetoric about a “deep state,” “must prove to Congress he will reform & restore public trust in FBI,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, in line to be the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman when Republicans take control in January, in a post on X.