Washington, Feb. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced that the committee will move forward with a final vote on Indian-American Kash Patel's nomination as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in the coming week.

While voting on Patel's nomination was on the agenda for Judiciary members, but Democrats requested it be held over one week, The Hill reported, adding that Patel, a former Trump administration lawyer, is now expected to be voted out of committee by Republicans next Thursday.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, in a statement on February 4, had dismissed the Minority's request for Patel to return before the committee. He asserted that Patel had already testified for over fi...