A person who has been affiliated with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a former aide to a top FBI critic in Congress are now advising the FBI director, current and former officials say.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing Thursday.

As Republicans' take on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection evolved from disapproving to defensive, Kash Patel played a role in reframing their position.

All three shows return tonight, starting with “FBI” season 7 at 8/7c, “FBI: International” season 4 at 9/8c, and “FBI: Most Wanted” season 6 at 10/9c. Watch each midseason premiere tonight on CBS. Stream the new episodes via Fubo, Paramount+, DIRECTV Stream, and Hulu + Live TV.

An FBI SWAT team smashed the front door of a suburban Atlanta home in 2017 as they attempted to serve a search warrant. They had the wrong home.

Directors Jesse Short Bull and David France have diligently assembled a potent history lesson about Leonard Peltier, whom President Biden pardoned.

Kash Patel is set to join the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning to face his nomination hearing to serve as the second Trump administration's FBI director.

The video, set to “Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood, drew condemnation. “Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick for FBI Director, shared an AI-generated video of himself chainsawing Members of Congress, political opponents, and media outlets. Dangerous and disqualified,” Judiciary Democrats tweeted Saturday.

Confirming Patel "would endanger the FBI's integrity and compromise its critical mission," the former officials wrote.

FBI director nominee Kash Patel is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing Thursday.