Patel, a onetime national security prosecutor who is aligned with the president-elect's rhetoric about a “deep state,” "must prove to Congress he will reform & restore public trust in FBI,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, in line to be the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman when Republicans take control in January, in a post on X.

Mary McCord, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department joins Nicolle Wallace with reaction to Donald Trump appointing Kash Patel to replace Christopher Wray as the Director of the FBI,