LIVE VIDEO: Kash Patel’s Senate Confirmation Hearing

The New York Times reports:

Kash Patel, the nominee for F.B.I. director, is expected to face bruising questions at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday about his relative lack of experience, his promise to persecute his enemies and whether he will preserve the bureau’s independence from President Trump.

The nomination of Mr. Patel, 44, a self-described Trump campaign surrogate, has upended the post-Watergate tradition of picking nonpartisan directors. If confirmed, Mr. Patel could provide Mr. Trump with a direct line into the F.B.I., eliminating guardrails meant to insulate the bureau from White House interference.

Mr. Patel is surely to get grilled about a list of enemies he published in his book, “Government Gangsters.” He has repeatedly vowed to tear apart the intelligence division or turn headquarters into a museum for the so-called deep state.

Read the full article. Patel once posted an animated video in which he takes a chainsaw to the necks of prominent Trump critics including Sen. Adam Schiff. The hearing starts at 9:30AM.