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Kerry Picket

Kerry Picket is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times.
Picket covered the hill at other DC-based outlets including the Daily Caller and the Washington Examiner. Before that, she produced news for Robin Quivers of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, wrote entertainment news for MTV Radio, and worked as a production assistant at MTV.com.
Picket is also a former radio guest host at SiriusXM Patriot 125 and appears frequently as a guest commentator on cable news programs and syndicated radio shows.
She can be reached at kpicket@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Kerry Picket

Driscoll refuses order to list FBI employees involved in Jan. 6 cases amid ouster of agency leaders

Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll is on shaky ground with Department of Justice leaders for refusing to deliver the names of bureau employees involved in Jan. 6 cases and other Trump investigations.

February 2, 2025

WATCH: FBI requests names of bureau employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases

The FBI is requesting a list of all its personnel involved in helping the Justice Department prosecute Jan. 6 cases.

January 31, 2025

FBI purge: 20+ top officials ousted in sweeping shake-up

FBI employees were terminated or forced to quit Thursday within hours of FBI Director nominee Kash Patel's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

January 31, 2025

Kash Patel says FBI needs to ditch politics, get back to fighting crime

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to lead -- and upend -- the FBI, came to Capitol Hill on Thursday eager to talk about the future of the bureau as a lean, crime-fighting machine.

January 30, 2025

Senators release whistleblower docs showing anti-Trump FBI agent helped launch lawfare case

Two senior Republican lawmakers released protected whistleblower disclosures Thursday revealing how an anti-Trump FBI agent went outside established agency protocols for opening probes to help launch the federal election interference case against the president.

January 30, 2025

Cory Booker and Kash Patel spar over recent firings at the Justice Department

FBI director nominee Kash Patel clashed with Sen. Cory Booker when the New Jersey Democrat demanded to know if he knew anything about President Trump's recent firings of Justice Department attorneys.

January 30, 2025

Patel explains proposal to move more FBI employees throughout the country

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that his comment about turning the FBI's Washington headquarters into a museum was meant to convey his belief that more employees should be deployed across the U.S.

January 30, 2025

Patel accuses Dem lawmakers of ‘false accusations’ and ‘mischaracterizations’

Fireworks erupted between FBI Director nominee Kash Patel and Sen. Amy Klobuchar when he testified Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

January 30, 2025

Kash Patel says he ‘always’ rejected violence against law enforcement on Jan. 6

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel denounced political violence when the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed him about his views on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and his appearances on right-wing podcasts.

January 30, 2025

California Democrat blames hiring freeze for deadly D.C. aircraft collision

Rep. Norma Torres blamed the Trump administration's hiring freeze for Wednesday night's deadly collision of a regional commuter jet and military helicopter above the Potomac River.

January 30, 2025

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel takes on senators’ questions about overhauling the bureau

President Trump's FBI Director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday is facing questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his suitability to lead the premier law enforcement agency.

January 30, 2025

Party-line committee vote sends Pam Bondi to full Senate for confirmation as attorney general

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Pam Bondi's nomination for attorney general in a party-line 12-10 vote Wednesday.

January 29, 2025

Democrats vow to hold Republicans accountable for Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 defendants

Congressional Democrats have promised to hold Republicans accountable for President Trump pardoning more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants on the day he was sworn into office.

January 28, 2025

Tim Scott’s banking committee goes after financial institutions engaged in political ‘debanking’

The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next week to address concerns that some financial institutions cut off customers because of their political views, a practice known as "debanking."

January 28, 2025

Working actors could save thousands under proposed tax changes

A pair of House lawmakers want tax breaks for struggling actors and others in showbiz, saying it will help performers who have lost everything in the fires around Los Angeles.

January 27, 2025

Blackburn, Lujan reintroduce bill to protect Americans’ network devices from U.S. adversaries

Two senators reintroduced bipartisan legislation Monday intended to protect Americans' communications networks from technology controlled by foreign adversaries.

January 27, 2025

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel’s hearing set for Thursday

The Senate Judiciary Committee will host a confirmation hearing of President Trump's FBI Director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday.

January 23, 2025

Congress’ left-wing crusaders rally opposition to Trump’s executive orders

The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Wednesday vowed to fight President Trump's onslaught of executive action this week that stripped liberal policies from the federal government.

January 22, 2025

Pardoned Jan. 6 defendants celebrate outside the D.C. jail

Newly pardoned Jan. 6 defendants and supporters gathered Tuesday outside the D.C. jail to celebrate the clemency granted by President Trump and to demand the speedy release of the remaining Jan. 6 prisoners.

January 21, 2025

Trump pardons 1,500 Jan. 6 ‘hostages’

President Trump on Monday granted pardons to about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, making good on his campaign promise to end the judicial nightmare of his supporters whom he called "hostages."

January 20, 2025

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Kerry Picket

Articles by Kerry Picket

Driscoll refuses order to list FBI employees involved in Jan. 6 cases amid ouster of agency leaders

WATCH: FBI requests names of bureau employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases

FBI purge: 20+ top officials ousted in sweeping shake-up

Kash Patel says FBI needs to ditch politics, get back to fighting crime

Senators release whistleblower docs showing anti-Trump FBI agent helped launch lawfare case

Cory Booker and Kash Patel spar over recent firings at the Justice Department

Patel explains proposal to move more FBI employees throughout the country

Patel accuses Dem lawmakers of ‘false accusations’ and ‘mischaracterizations’

Kash Patel says he ‘always’ rejected violence against law enforcement on Jan. 6

California Democrat blames hiring freeze for deadly D.C. aircraft collision

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel takes on senators’ questions about overhauling the bureau

Party-line committee vote sends Pam Bondi to full Senate for confirmation as attorney general

Democrats vow to hold Republicans accountable for Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 defendants

Tim Scott’s banking committee goes after financial institutions engaged in political ‘debanking’

Working actors could save thousands under proposed tax changes

Blackburn, Lujan reintroduce bill to protect Americans’ network devices from U.S. adversaries

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel’s hearing set for Thursday

Congress’ left-wing crusaders rally opposition to Trump’s executive orders

Pardoned Jan. 6 defendants celebrate outside the D.C. jail

Trump pardons 1,500 Jan. 6 ‘hostages’