On Thursday, February 20, 2025, Kash Patel was confirmed by the U.S. Senate 51-49 as the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
How They Voted
| YEAs (51) | NAYs (49) |
|---|---|
| Banks (R-IN) | Alsobrooks (D-MD) |
| Barrasso (R-WY) | Baldwin (D-WI) |
| Blackburn (R-TN) | Bennet (D-CO) |
| Boozman (R-AR) | Blumenthal (D-CT) |
| Britt (R-AL) | Blunt Rochester (D-DE) |
| Budd (R-NC) | Booker (D-NJ) |
| Capito (R-WV) | Cantwell (D-WA) |
| Cassidy (R-LA) | Collins (R-ME) |
| Cornyn (R-TX) | Coons (D-DE) |
| Cotton (R-AR) | Cortez Masto (D-NV) |
| Cramer (R-ND) | Duckworth (D-IL) |
| Crapo (R-ID) | Durbin (D-IL) |
| Cruz (R-TX) | Fetterman (D-PA) |
| Curtis (R-UT) | Gallego (D-AZ) |
| Daines (R-MT) | Gillibrand (D-NY) |
| Ernst (R-IA) | Hassan (D-NH) |
| Fischer (R-NE) | Heinrich (D-NM) |
| Graham (R-SC) | Hickenlooper (D-CO) |
| Grassley (R-IA) | Hirono (D-HI) |
| Hagerty (R-TN) | Kaine (D-VA) |
| Hawley (R-MO) | Kelly (D-AZ) |
| Hoeven (R-ND) | Kim (D-NJ) |
| Husted (R-OH) | King (I-ME) |
| Hyde-Smith (R-MS) | Klobuchar (D-MN) |
| Johnson (R-WI) | Lujan (D-NM) |
| Justice (R-WV) | Markey (D-MA) |
| Kennedy (R-LA) | Merkley (D-OR) |
| Lankford (R-OK) | Murkowski (R-AK) |
| Lee (R-UT) | Murphy (D-CT) |
| Lummis (R-WY) | Murray (D-WA) |
| Marshall (R-KS) | Ossoff (D-GA) |
| McConnell (R-KY) | Padilla (D-CA) |
| McCormick (R-PA) | Peters (D-MI) |
| Moody (R-FL) | Reed (D-RI) |
| Moran (R-KS) | Rosen (D-NV) |
| Moreno (R-OH) | Sanders (I-VT) |
| Mullin (R-OK) | Schatz (D-HI) |
| Paul (R-KY) | Schiff (D-CA) |
| Ricketts (R-NE) | Schumer (D-NY) |
| Risch (R-ID) | Shaheen (D-NH) |
| Rounds (R-SD) | Slotkin (D-MI) |
| Schmitt (R-MO) | Smith (D-MN) |
| Scott (R-FL) | Van Hollen (D-MD) |
| Scott (R-SC) | Warner (D-VA) |
| Sheehy (R-MT) | Warnock (D-GA) |
| Sullivan (R-AK) | Warren (D-MA) |
| Thune (R-SD) | Welch (D-VT) |
| Tillis (R-NC) | Whitehouse (D-RI) |
| Tuberville (R-AL) | Wyden (D-OR) |
| Wicker (R-MS) | |
| Young (R-IN) |
This was a party-line vote with “RINO” Republicans Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, and Susan Collins, Maine, dissenting and joining the Democrats and liberal independents in voting “nay.”
Kash Patel’s Mission
I am honored to be confirmed as the ninth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Thank you to President Trump and Attorney General Bondi for your unwavering confidence and support.
The FBI has a storied legacy—from the “G-Men” to safeguarding our nation in the wake of 9/11. The American people deserve an FBI that is transparent, accountable, and committed to justice. The politicalization of our justice system has eroded public trust—but that ends today.
My mission as Director is clear: let good cops be cops—and rebuild trust in the FBI.
Working alongside the dedicated men and women of the Bureau and our partners, we will rebuild an FBI the American people can be proud of.
And to those who seek to harm Americans—consider this your warning. We will hunt you down in every corner of this planet.
Mission First. America Always. Let’s get to work.
– Kash Patel
Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
Author: Kash Pramod Patel
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Release Date: September 26, 2023
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1637588240
ISBN-13: 978-1637588246
Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
MRSP: $32.00
PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION
A sinister cabal of corrupt law enforcement personnel, intelligence agents, and military officials at the highest levels of government plotted to overthrow a president. Even after they failed, they continue to secretly pull the levers of power without any accountability to the American people. This isn’t the synopsis of a fictional spy thriller. This is what is actually happening in the United States government.
In Government Gangsters, Kash Patel—a former top official in the White House, the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Justice—pulls back the curtain on the Deep State, revealing the major players and tactics within the permanent government bureaucracy, which has spent decades stripping power away from the American people and their elected leaders. Based on his firsthand knowledge, Patel reveals how we can defeat the Deep State, reassert self-government, and restore our democracy.
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