Patel, Gabbard will appear before the Senate committees next week

Some of President Donald Trump’s The most controversial nominees of the Executive Branch will appear before the Congress Committees next week. The commander in chief promises that each one will shake their respective departments if the Senate approves them.

Kashyap “Kash” Patel He has been nominated to be the next director of the FBI and will appear before the Senate Judicial Committee, while the National Intelligence Director (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has a scheduled hearing the same day before the Senate’s Intelligence Committee.

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Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., used to become director of the Department of Health and Human Services, will face questions on Wednesday of members of the Senate Finance Committee, which directly supervises the department. It will also appear before the Committee of the Senate of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Help) on Thursday for a courtesy hearing.

The “advice and consent” role of the Senate allows the body to review the president’s appointments and provide supervision on key positions. The selections require a majority vote in the Senate with Republicans who have a 53-47 voting advantage over the Democrats.

But everyone faces difficult battles to overcome the line. The Senate advanced the Pete Hegseth nomination As Trump Secretary of Defense, Thursday with Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, R-Alaaska, and Senator Susan Collins, R-MAINE, ranges.

Patel has asked radical changes in the FBI and was a fierce critic and vowel of office work, as he investigated the ties between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign in 2016.

He occupied numerous national security roles during the first Trump administration and was the chief investigator of the Congress investigation into the alleged collusion of Trump-Russia, discovering the abuse of surveillance of the government that led to the appointment of two special councils: one that determined that there was no such collusion and another that determined the complete premise of the original FBI investigation was false.

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Patel was an integral part of the creation of a memorandum published by the then Devin Nunes armchair in February 2018, which detailed the surveillance of the DOJ and the FBI of the Carter page of the author of the Trump campaign under the Law on Surveillance of Foreign intelligence.

It has been a loyal ally to Trump for years, finding a common cause about its shared skepticism of government surveillance and the “deep state”, a consumption used by Trump to refer to not chosen members of the government bureaucracy.

Meanwhile, Trump has argued that Gabbard will bring an “intrepid spirit that has defined his illustrious career to our intelligence community, defending our constitutional rights and ensuring peace through force.” The National Intelligence Director leads the United States intelligence community, which includes supervising the National Intelligence Program and advising the President on Security Affairs.

Gabbard has served as Lieutenant Colonel in Army reserves since 2021, after serving previously in the Hawaii National Guard for about 17 years. She was chosen for him American house that represents Hawaii during The 2012 electoral cycle, serving as a Democrat until 2021. He did not seek the re -election of that office after entering the 2020 White House career.

Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022, registering as Independent, before becoming a member of the Republican Party last year and offering its total support for Trump in the midst of his presidential campaign.

Critics have tried to paint Gabbard as a national security risk that sympathizes with US adversaries.

However, more than 250 veterans signed a letter last month Supporting his nomination, including high profile names and known nationwide, such as retired general Michael Flynn and former interim secretary of defense Chris Miller.

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Kennedy Jr. is also a contentious choice, and could face the opposition, Even of the Republicans. In particular, Kennedy’s opinions and past statements on vaccines have been analyzed by the legislators of the Republican Party and the Democrats.

In addition, the legislators of the Republican party have been Concerned about the views in favor of Kennedy abortion which has proposed in the past and its potential impact on the agricultural sector.

In what was a very successful movement of the former Democrat, Kennedy left the 2024 presidential race as an independent and backed Trump, promising to “make the United States again healthy” if it were part of the new administration.

Emma Colton and Brooke Singman of Fox News contributed to this report.