Sen. Dick Durbin said in a letter that Patel "may have perjured himself" when he said under oath that he was not aware of any plans to punish FBI agents who investigated Trump.

Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.

A top Democratic senator has asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate after he says he received information that Kash Patel had been “personally directing the ongoing purge” of agents at the bureau.