Confirmation Hearing For Tulsi Gabbard Scheduled, Here’s When

The Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence on Thursday, January 30th.

The former Democratic presidential candidate turned Republican remains one of President Trump’s most uncertain nominations.

“At least two Republican members of the Intelligence Committee remain on the fence, raising the prospect that she could be at risk of not even advancing out of the panel,” POLITICO reports.

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The Hill reports:

The Jan. 30 hearing comes after Democrats resisted the scheduling of an earlier hearing, saying they still didn’t have the full slate of background checks, ethics disclosures and paperwork on a candidate whose overall qualifications have sparked their concern.

If confirmed, Gabbard, a former Democratic lawmaker, would lead the agency responsible for overseeing all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.

Gabbard is one of President Trump’s most contentious nominees, with lawmakers pointing to her lack of experience in the intelligence field, and perhaps more significantly, her relationships with U.S. adversaries.

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She met in 2017 with Syria leader Bashar Assad, who was recently overthrown. The meeting came after allegations Assad used chemical weapons against his own people.

Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence scheduled for January 30.

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From POLITICO:

Republicans are watching closely to see how she does in the hearing, as well as a closed-door session that will immediately follow the public grilling. The scheduling of Gabbard’s hearing follows days of delay as the committee waited for a background check.

Only a small handful of Trump’s Cabinet picks have not had Senate hearings scheduled yet, including Education nominee Linda McMahon and Labor nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Kash Patel, will have a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 30, the committee announced Thursday evening.

Patel, who worked for the Department of Defense and National Security Council during Trump’s first term, is among the new president’s most controversial personnel picks. He has come under fire from Democrats for suggesting he would go after Trump’s political adversaries and said he would shut down the FBI’s headquarters to create a museum of the “Deep State.”

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