FBI director nominee Kash Patel has ties to a group of ex-agents who call themselves “The Suspendables” and have long called for firings and change.

Sen. Bill Cassidy said Tuesday that he would vote to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, as the Senate is expected to hold a final vote this week.

FBI director nominee Kash Patel, center, appears at last month's inauguration with fellow Trump administration nominees Lee Zeldin, left, and Pete Hegseth. WASHINGTON — Kash Patel’s journey to the nomination to become director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations may have started on the golf course of the Garden City Country Club.