President Donald Trump’s new administration looked ahead to key Senate hearings this week for three of his most controversial nominees, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, Jr.

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Kash Patel, downplayed his past promotion of right-wing conspiracy theories and his pledges to pursue retribution against Trump’s opponents on Thursday at his combative Senate confirmation hearing.

In his confirmation hearing for FBI director on Thursday, Kash Patel presented himself as a man of experience, fairness, and devotion to civic duty. In the hours he spent in the room before the Senate Judiciary Committee,