Former public defender, federal prosecutor and Donald Trump's closest aide Kash Patel has been nominated for the post of FBI director. This was announced by President Donald Trump himself. Indian-American Pentagon officer Kash Patel had also served in many important positions during Donald Trump's first term. Kash Patel is considered to be Trump's most loyal supporter. Patel has also advocated the abolition of the mechanism described as 'deep state' within the US government.

I have personally faced racism- Kash Patel

Indian American Kash Patel, nominated for the post of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director, told lawmakers on Thursday that he has unfortunately personally faced racism in the US. During the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for the post of FBI director, 44-year-old Patel said, "I don't want to go into detail on this. If he is confirmed, he will become the first Hindu and Indian American director of the FBI.

Kash Patel was responding to a question from Senator Lindsey Graham during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing asking him if he had ever faced racism. Kash Patel said he feared for his life on January 6 when his personal information was released by Congress.

Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist who has criticized the FBI over its investigations into the president and claimed the Justice Department mistreated Jan. 6 rioters, was picked in November to replace Christopher Wray, who led the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency for more than seven years.

Patel, a former House Intelligence Committee aide and former federal prosecutor who worked in Trump’s first administration, has alarmed critics with her dozens of podcasts and books — in which she has displayed loyalty to Trump, criticized the decision-making of the agency she is now asked to lead and named officials she believes should be investigated.

In one such podcast interview last year, he said that if he were in charge of the FBI, he would “shut down” the bureau’s headquarters building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., and reopen it the next day as a museum of the deep state.

He further said, and I would take the seven thousand employees working in that building and send them to chase the criminals all over America.

Donald Trump's loyalist Kash Patel

Patel has been a loyal ally of Trump for years, and they are united by their shared skepticism about government surveillance and the "deep state" — a derogatory term used by Trump to describe the government bureaucracy.

He was part of a small group of supporters who accompanied Trump to the courthouse during his recent criminal trial in New York, where he told reporters that Trump was the victim of an “unconstitutional circus.”

This close relationship would be a departure from the modern-day precedent of FBI directors trying to keep presidents at bay.

Several Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee, including Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, have met with Patel and issued warnings, indicating their opposition to her selection.

Many questions are being asked from Kash Patel

Lawmakers signaled their interest in Patel earlier this month by asking several questions about Patel during the confirmation hearing of Pam Bondi, Trump's pick for attorney general.

"I am deeply concerned about his qualifications as FBI Director. He has neither the experience, the judgment, nor the temperament to lead this important agency," Durbin said in a statement.

Trump’s Republican allies, who share the president’s belief that the FBI has become politicized, have rallied behind Patel and pledged to support her, seeing her as someone who can transform the bureau and bring about needed change.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who will introduce Patel on Thursday, said he had spent hours with her “going over every single point I expect to hear.”

So much so that I've made a bingo card of all the things I know Democrats are going to say about him that I think are unfair, and I think he's prepared to respond, he added.

Tillis said Patel is willing to answer questions about his book, including about his enemies list and the people mentioned in his glossary.

Patel's parents were present at Capitol Hill during the hearing

Patel said he was called disgusting names. He said this experience is common for men and women working in law enforcement. His parents, who came from India, were present with him on Capitol Hill during this hearing. He said, I would not be here today without their support and love.