Durbin calls for investigation into Patel role in FBI firings

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is asking the Department of Justice’s inspector general to investigate “highly credible information” that Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to head the FBI, is already directing a “purge” of the bureau before he’s been confirmed by the Senate. Durbin said that Patel’s “directives” are being carried out by White House Deputy...