KEY POINTS
- The hearings were intense and dragging at some points as Democratic lawmakers pressed the Trump nominees
- Gabbard's top moment was her refusal to throw whistleblower Edward Snowden under the bus on his 'betrayal' of the country
- Patel's top moment was his well-worded responses to a GOP senator's game of 'Would You Rather?'
President Donald Trump's picks to lead the country's national intelligence and FBI, Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel, respectively, were grilled Thursday by Senate lawmakers, highlighting political concerns around the 47th U.S. president's unconventional nominees for two critical positions in his administration.
