Trump advisors reportedly recommended in a memo to the transition team that private firms, rather than the FBI, conduct background checks for his nominees.

Key Republican senators promised on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, will be vetted through the confirmation process.

Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it

In the end, it is the Republicans that are going to have to make a decision if these people are qualified for these jobs,” the senator said.

Last week, CNN reported that Trump’s transition team is bypassing standard FBI background checks for some of his Cabinet picks, instead relying on private investigation companies to vet candidates. Thorough background checks have long been a norm used by incoming presidents when choosing their Cabinet.

President-elect Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel to take over as FBI director — effectively firing current FBI Director Christopher Wray, who still has three years left in his 10-year term — has set off a firestorm on Capitol Hill.