US senate narrowly confirms Trump loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director

Kash Patel appears before the US senate (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

The US senate has narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI.

The move places him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from Democrats about his qualifications and concerns he will do Donald Trump’s bidding and go after the Republican president’s adversaries.