The vote moved Mr. Patel, a Trump loyalist, one step closer to leading the nation’s premier law enforcement agency.

The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.

Testifying in a confirmation hearing, Kash Patel, who is nominated to lead the F.B.I., also sought to allay fears about his fitness to serve.

Under three minutes of questioning from Senator Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, Kash Patel conceded only that Joe Biden was “certified” as the president.

Kash Patel invoked his right not to incriminate himself before a grand jury examining whether Donald Trump mishandled national security secrets.

Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against New York City’s mayor.

The move follows the resignation of the department’s chief corruption prosecutor, who chose to step down after being told the Trump administration was reassigning him to a position related to immigration enforcement.

The number of arrests there was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.

The early days of the transition have been marked by dismissals and dread.

Kash Patel’s public comments on the QAnon conspiracy theory suggests he sees its adherents more as an audience to be courted rather than an ideology to follow.

His ‘weaponization’ executive order begins with a list of misleading accusations against the Biden administration.

The Justice Department now enters a second Trump administration with less authority to pursue a president than it has had in half a century.

The report by the special counsel, David C. Weiss, criticized President Biden for making “baseless accusations” that threatened “the integrity of the justice system as a whole.”

The president-elect’s suggestion that he plans to replace the head of the agency comes after her predecessor raised alarms about his handling of presidential records.

The facility in Fulton County, Georgia, has long had problems with assaults, drugs and pests.

Four years later, the largest lingering mystery of the Capitol riot remains unsolved.