Tulsi Gabbard gets January 30 Intelligence hearing

 
The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be director of national intelligence on Thursday, Jan. 30. Gabbard is one of President Donald Trump's most controversial nominees - with open speculation over whether she can be confirmed. 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.

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."