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The post states that Louis Freeh was “confirmed 95-0 in the Senate.” Contemporary coverage of Freeh’s confirmation notes that the Senate confirmed him by a voice vote. A voice vote does not produce a recorded numerical tally like “95-0,” so the specific claim that the confirmation was “95-0” is factually incorrect.

• The Washington Post’s report on Freeh becoming FBI director explicitly says he “was easily confirmed by the Senate on a voice vote,” contradicting the post’s claimed 95–0 count.

This sentence makes two checkable factual assertions about Kash Patel’s confirmation vote: (1) the vote tally was 52–48, and (2) Mitch McConnell opposed him. Both are contradicted by the official Senate roll-call record.

1. Vote tally: The official U.S. Senate roll-call page for Patel’s confirmation shows YEAs 51, NAYs 49—not 52–48.

2. McConnell’s position: The same official roll-call record lists “McConnell (R-KY), Yea” on the Patel confirmation vote. Therefore, it is false that Patel was “opposed by … McConnell.”

Because the Senate’s own roll-call record is authoritative for vote counts and individual senator positions, the post’s statement is demonstrably incorrect.