Patel and Gabbard will appear before the Senate Commissions next week

Some of That of President Donald Trump The most controversial candidates of the executive branch will be submitted to the Congressional commissions next week. Chief Commander promises that each will shake their respective departments if they are approved by the Senate.

Kashyap “Kash” Patel He has been designated to be the next director of the FBI and will appear before the Senate Judicial Committee, while the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) selected Tlosi Gabbard has scheduled an audience the same day in front of the Intel Committee. · Senate.

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In the meantime, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., selected to become director of the Department of Health and Human Services, will face questions from the members of the Senate Finance Committee, which the Department directly monitored. He will also appear on Thursday before the Health, Education, Work and Pensions Commission (HELP) of the Senate for a courtesy audience.

The role of “advice and consent” of the Senate allows the body to review the appointments of the President and supervise the key positions. The election requires a majority vote in the Senate with the Republicans with a 53-47 advantage over the Democrats.

But they all face hard battles to overcome the line. The Senate advanced the Pete Hegseth Nomination as Secretary of Defense of Trump on Thursday with Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, R-Alaska, and Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, breaking ranks.

Patel has called for radical changes to the FBI and was a fierce and vocal critic of the office work while investigating the links between Russia and Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016.

He held numerous national security functions during Trump’s first administration and was the chief researcher of the congressional investigation into the alleged collusion between Trump and Russia, discovering government surveillance abuses that led to the appointment of two special directors. : One that determined that there was no such connivance and another that determined that the whole premise of the original FBI research was false.

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Patel was an integral part of the creation of a note published by the then President Devin Nunes in February 2018, which detailed the surveillance by the DOJ and the FBI of the former Trump Carter Camp Page campaign under the law of Foreign intelligence surveillance.

He has been a loyal ally of Trump for years, finding a common cause about his shared skepticism of government surveillance and the “deep state”, a trick used by Trump to refer to non-elected members of government bureaucracy.

Trump, meanwhile, has argued that Gabbard will provide a “spirit without fear that he has defined his illustrious career in our intelligence community, defending our constitutional rights and ensuring peace through force.” The Director of National Intelligence is leading the U.S. Intelligence Community, which includes supervision of the National Intelligence Program and President’s advice on security issues.

Gabbard has served as a lieutenant colonel in the army’s reserves since 2021, after serving before the National Guard of the Hawaii Army for about 17 years. She was chosen at the United States House that represents Hawaii during The 2012 election cycle, serving as a Democrat until 2021. It did not seek re -election for this position after entering the 2020 White House career.

Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022, registering as an independent, before becoming a GOP member last year, and offering his full support to Trump in the middle of his presidential campaign.

Critics have tried to paint Gabbard as a risk of national security that sympathizes with American opponents.

However more than 250 veterans signed a letter last month Avoiding his nomination, including high -profile names and national acquaintances such as the retired general Michael Flynn and the former acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller.

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Kennedy Jr. It is also a controversial option and could face the opposition, Even of the Republicans. In particular, Kennedy’s opinions and past statements about vaccines have been examined by both Republican and Democrats.

In addition, GOP legislators have been worried about the favorable opinions of Kennedy abortion which has taken in the past and its potential impact on the agricultural sector.

In what was a successful movement of the former Democrat, Kennedy left the 2024 presidential career as an independent and endorsed Trump, promising to “make America again healthy” if it is part of the new administration.

Emma Colton and Fox News Brooke Singman contributed to this report.