Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions FBI director nominee Kash Patel on President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions FBI director nominee Kash Patel on President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.