Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel, President Trump’s selection to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation has just been confirmed.
The final confirmation vote totals were 51-49, with the vote largely falling along party lines. Two Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted against Patel, joining all 47 Democrats in opposition. The remaining 51 Republican senators, including Mitch McConnell, voted in favor of his confirmation.
Patel, 44, is a former federal prosecutor and was chief of staff to Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller.