FBI nominee Kash Patel said in his 2023 book that Adam Schiff was one of Washington’s “corrupt actors of the first order.” Thursday, Schiff, now a U.S. senator and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was given the opportunity to grill his detractor. And he did so, relentlessly.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump‘s FBI director nominee, reignited a long-standing feud with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) during his Thursday Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. Patel previously served on the staff for the House Intelligence Committee,

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, portrayed himself Thursday as the right leader of a law enforcement agency he said had lost public trust and told senators he would commit himself to “due process and transparency" if confirmed as director.