Kash Patel Sworn-In As FBI Director

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21: Newly sworn-in Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel announces that he is going to celebrate his new job at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Patel was confirmed by the Senate 51-49, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) the only Republicans voting to oppose him. Patel was confirmed despite being a hard-line critic of the FBI, the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)