Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, faced confrontational questions from Democrats during his confirmation hearing, but a brief gesture by the 44-year-old lawyer beforehand revealed more about his background than anything he said under oath.

Patel’s mother and father are Indian Gujarati immigrants who moved to Canada in the 1970s from Uganda, East Africa, after facing ethnic repression. They later moved to the U.S., and Patel’s father reportedly landed a job at an aviation firm working as a financial officer.

Indian-American Kash Patel received over $800,000 in stock award from the parent company of Truth Social before his Senate hearing. Kash Patel has been chosen by former President Donald Trump to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is awaiting his confirmation.

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick for FBI director, made at least $2.6 million in the past year from consulting and media deals, his latest financial disclosure shows.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, received a stock award last week from Truth Social’s parent company worth more than $800,000.

Donald Trump’s media company gifted Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kashyap Patel, hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock days before his confirmation hearing.