FBI Director nominee Kash Patel will appear for his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, likely rejoining Trump’s White House after Patel was able to leverage his stint in Trump’s first administration and loyalty to the president into a moneymaking personal brand and controversial nonprofit.

FBI nominee Kash Patel will take questions from the Judiciary Committee at 9:30 a.m. WSJ’s Sadie Gurman breaks down Patel’s rise from public defender to one of Trump’s most loyal operatives. Photo Ill