Two senior Senate Republican lawmakers called on Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate potential criminal leaks to the media of sensitive and classified information ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Dan Bongino, the radio and podcast host tapped by President Trump to serve as deputy FBI director, has ripped Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) in the past, attacks that will draw more attention to his controversial nomination.

Sen. Bill Cassidy said Tuesday that he would vote to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, as the Senate is expected to hold a final vote this week.

The Senate on Thursday voted to Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency. President Donald Trump was "immediately notified" of the 51-49 vote by the GOP-controlled Senate.

Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, weeks after his arrest by federal investigators on child sex trafficking charges. The official ruling was suicide.

Former Washington Field Office assistant special agent in charge Tim Thibault sent multiple messages to his flame “Missy Morgan” between February and May 2022, divulging official FBI

Democrats warned that their Republican colleagues would be haunted for their votes to support Trump's FBI pick, Kash Patel.

Joseph Merla pleaded guilty to laundering $65,000 during the FBI's Operation Bid Rig investigation and served three months in federal prison.

The senators want an investigation as to whether U.S. officials leaked sensitive and classified information to the media ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel started calling out journalists for "defamatory" stories right after being sworn in to lead the agency.