Bolton, who recently had his Secret Service protection pulled by Trump, compared Patel to the notorious Soviet secret police chief Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria, who advised Joseph Stalin and was known for telling the dictator, “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.”

The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, installing a staunch loyalist of President Donald Trump and conservative firebrand at the head of the nation’s top law enforcement agency.

WASHINGTON— The Senate was set to vote Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that could place him atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency despite concerns from Democrats over his qualifications and the prospect that he would do President Donald Trump's bidding.