Grassley pushes for Senate committee vote on Patel as early as next week

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said he’s eyeing next week for a final committee vote on Kash Patel’s nomination to lead the FBI, rejecting Senate Democrats’ request for a second formal hearing with the nominee. “Further hearings on his nomination are unnecessary,” Grassley said in a statement Tuesday. Grassley said Patel already testified...