Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic senators Thursday.

Kash Patel, selected by Donald Trump to lead the FBI, positions himself as the right choice to restore public trust in the law enforcement agency.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is to encounter deeply skeptical questioning from Democratic senators about his loyalty to the president and stated desire to overhaul the bureau as he faces a high-stakes hearing that will help determine his path toward confirmation.

The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging from assault to harassment, despite a pledge by the bureau’s leaders to eliminate the longstanding problem.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

A person who has been affiliated with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a former aide to a top FBI critic in Congress are now advising the FBI director, current and former officials say.

EXCLUSIVE: A previously identified anti-Trump FBI agent allegedly broke protocol and played a critical role in opening and advancing the bureau’s original investigation related to the 2020 election, tying President Trump to the probe without sufficient predication.

Trump FBI director nominee Kash Patel was grilled Thursday over the FBI’s investigation into alleged Trump-Russia connection, known as "Crossfire Hurricane."

President Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, is portraying himself to senators as the right leader of a law enforcement agency he says has lost public trust

Patel, like Trump, has taken a different view, saying the rioters have been mistreated by the criminal justice system. A former federal public defender and prosecutor, he has called them “political prisoners” and offered on at least one occasion to represent them for free.

After naming Kash Patel as his nominee for the FBI, President Donald Trump took to social media, describing him as “an advocate for truth, accountability, and the Constitution.”