Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) on CNN's 'The Lead,' defended the nomination of Kash Patel for FBI Director and criticzed the FBI's politicization under Christopher Wray: "What he was doing is exposing what he felt like was truth,

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday swore in Kash Patel as FBI director in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Earlier Thursday the Senate had voted to confirm Patel as director.

Kash Patel was sworn in as the new FBI director in a brief ceremony following a narrow Senate confirmation vote.