Kash Patel confirmation hearing: FBI Director nominee faces Senators' grilling

Watch live as Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee appears before the Judiciary Committee. Patel spent several years as a Justice Department prosecutor before catching the Trump administration’s attention as a staffer on Capitol Hill who helped investigate the Russia probe. He has called for dramatically reducing the agency’s footprint, a perspective that sets him apart from earlier directors seeking additional resources for the bureau. Senator Adam Schiff pressed Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI chief, about his association with a song with January 6 rioters. Schiff then told Patel to address Capitol Police officers with them in the hearing room and say if he was "proud" of what he did.

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