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Kash PatelTrump’s candidate to run the FBI, he went into “false accusations and grotesque embezzlement” of the Democrats on the Senate Judicial Committee in his confirmation audience on Thursday.
Patel, a former public and official DOJ, was grilled by Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. This occurred at the back of several beards from the Committee’s Democrats.
Patel shot with a burning response.
Sparks expected to fly to Kash Patel’s confirmation sight to lead the FBI
Kash Patel, the election of President Donald Trump to be director of the FBI, appears in front of the Senate Judicial Committee for his confirmation audience, at the Capitol de Washington, Thursday, January 30, 2025.
“If the best attacks on me will be false accusations and bad grotesque features, the only thing this body does is defeat the credibility of the FBI men and women,” he said.
“I was with them here in this country, in all the war theater we have. I was at the service of this nation. And the allegations were against me that somehow would put the political bias before May the Constitution be grotesque unfair. ” he said.
He then pointed out a guarantee of more than 300,000 agents of the law to be the next office head.
“Let’s ask,” he said.
Democrats had pointed out the Patel’s record and a book, “Gangsters Government”, published in 2023, saying that “deep state” government employees have politicized and armed the Agency for the application of the law, and explicitly requested the renewal. of the FBI in a chapter called “FBI review.”
President -elect Donald Trump has appointed the Kashyap “Kash” Patel, who has been a frequent and hard critic of the FBI, to serve as the nearby director of the office at the new administration. (Reuters)
“Things are bad. Don’t deny it” Wrote In the book. “The FBI has severely abused its power, threatening not only the rule of law, but also the foundations of self -government at the root of our democracy. But this is not the end of history. Change is possible in FBI and desperately need. ”
Patel received praise from Republicans on the commission, with President Chuck Grassley, arguing that he could help restore confidence in the FBI.
“Public confidence in the FBI is low,” Grassley said in his initial observations. “Only 41% of the North public -american believe that the FBI is doing a good job. This is the lowest qualification of a century.”
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-ri, however, cited several republican figures opposed Patel’s nominationIncluding the former national security consultant, John Bolton, who said he had stated that he was “forced to hire him.”
“Ex -Cia Director Gina Haspel threatened to resign instead of using this candidate under her,” Whitehouse said.
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“Former Attorney General Bill Barr said that this candidate has virtually no experience that described him to serve at the highest level of the pre -eminent agency of the world law, final appointment.”
Patel later accused Whitehouse of using “partial quotations” in other criticisms of alleged intentions to “pursue journalists” and his so -called “Enemies list”: a Patel term said he does not endorse.
Charles Creitz and Emma Colton de Fox News contributed to this report.
