1 day ago · Jan. 30, 2025 In an exchange with Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Patel refused to say former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, only saying Biden was certified and served as president even when ...

Jan 30, 2025 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today grilled Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), about his refusal to acknowledge that President Biden won the 2020 Presidential Election.Senator Welch highlighted that Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ that President Biden did not win ...

W ASHINGTON (WCAX) - Vermont Sen. Peter Welch grilled the president’s pick to lead the FBI at a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Jan 30, 2025 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today grilled Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), about his refusal to acknowledge that President Biden won the 2020 Presidential…

Jan 30, 2025 · Towards the end of the hearing, Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, seemed to acknowledge Patel's likely confirmation.

Jan 30, 2025 · Towards the end of the hearing, Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, seemed to acknowledge Patel's likely confirmation. He used his final allotted time to urge Patel to do away with unofficial Trump appointees influencing any restructuring of the FBI — an agency where the director is the sole role selected by the White House.

Jan 31, 2025 · STORY: President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, faced a fiery Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. In an exchange with Democratic Senator Peter Welch, Patel would not say ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Under questioning from Senator Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, Mr. Patel repeatedly declined to say that Joseph R. Biden Jr. had won the 2020 election, indicating only that Mr. Biden had been ...

Jan 30, 2025 · In his second round of questioning, Welch said he was worried about the morale of federal employees and at the FBI, and his concern that Elon Musk might be able to influence personnel decisions...

Jan 31, 2025 · Vermont Senator Peter Welch who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Kash Patel. The at-times heated conversation focused on Patel’s willingness, or lack thereof, to say President Trump lost the 2020 election.