FILE - Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks from the chamber to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)FILE - Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, left, confers with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the ranking member, as the panel meets to advance Trump nominees, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, leaves the chamber during debate on the confirmation of Kash Patel, Trump's pick to be FBI director, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)