CNN's Jessica Dean reports on President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Kash Patel to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. JESSICAN DEAN: There are more steps between nominating someone and then,

As he continues stocking his new administration with staunch loyalists, President-elect Trump on Saturday nominated Kash Patel to be FBI director. Patel claims that the FBI is part of what he calls the “deep state” conspiracy against Trump and his allies.

Donald Trump tapped Kash Patel to be FBI director, nominating a loyalist to lead the chief US law enforcement agency — which the president-elect has long derided as corrupt.

Patel, a former DOJ lawyer and Hill staffer, served in top roles at end of Trump's first term. Lately he's vowed to go after 'deep state' bureaucrats

The man picked for a top security role in Donald Trump’s administration is a children’s author who believes that the president-elect has been persecuted and undermined by the “deep state”.

The incoming president has picked a long-term ally who has previously pledged to "shut down" the US federal intelligence agency.

Kash Patel's rise in American politics as an FBI nominee reflects a unique blend of pro-Hindu sentiment and anti-establishment views, igniting discussions about cultural intersections and political loyalty.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan brushed off whether there's concern over Kash Patel as FBI director after being called a member of the "deep state" in Patel's book.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) says on Meet the Press that he encouraged Donald Trump to bring Kash Patel — the president-elect’s pick for FBI director — “to the table.”

President-elect Trump named Kash Patel as his choice to lead the FBI, after Patel repeatedly slammed federal agencies such as the FBI as corrupted by the "deep state."