WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate was poised to vote on Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as the director of the FBI, a decision that could install him at the helm of the country's leading federal law enforcement agency despite Democratic concerns over his qualifications and the likelihood that he would follow President Donald Trump's directives.

Patel secured approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee last week with a 12-10 party-line vote and is scheduled for consideration by the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday afternoon, reports AP.

Trump's FBI director to face skeptical Democrats at Senate confirmation hearing

Barring defections from more than three Republican senators-an unlikely scenario-he is expected to be co...