Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, walked into his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday with more than a little baggage. He has a record of comments, actions, and associations that seemed like ready fodder for Democratic senators looking to call into question his ability to perform in his job.
Charles Hilu is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Washington, D.C. Before joining the company in 2024, he was the Collegiate Network Fellow at the Washington Free Beacon and interned at both National Review and the Washington Examiner. When he is not chasing down lawmakers on Capitol Hill, he is probably listening to show tunes or following the premier sports teams of the University of Michigan and city of Detroit.
