Kash Patel, Trump’s nominee for director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday at 9:30 a.m. ET.... The gist of Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-CA) line of questioning here, as Mark Esper wrote in his book,

Patel told senators he would commit himself to "due process and transparency" if confirmed as the bureau's director.

Trump's nominee for FBI director will face probing questions from U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about his credentials and history of making false claims about the agency he's been tapped to lead.