Kash Patel was sworn in as FBI Director on Friday, after a rocky path to confirmation and a narrow Senate vote Thursday.

Retired FBI executive assistant director Chris Piehota, who worked in the bureau for more than 20 years, speaks to "CBS Mornings Plus" about the inquiry by the Trump administration into FBI employees ...

Martin's directive, written by Acting Attorney General James McHenry, said the firings would be effective immediately. The ...

Sen. Richard J. Durbin accused FBI director nominee Kash Patel of acting to direct a “purge” of career officials at the ...

Democrats have cast the Trump administration’s ouster of eight senior FBI leaders as a “purge” and act of “retribution” from ...

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to lead the FBI, of lying under oath at his confirmation hearing last month. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin ...

extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department across the street from the FBI headquarters.The senior officials are at the executive assistant director level or special agent in ...

The affected employees include about a half-dozen “executive assistant directors,” who are some of the bureau’s top managers.