FBI chief Kash Patel will now testify before the House judiciary committee on Wednesday.
A Senate hearing of Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Kash Patel on Tuesday witnessed an intense exchange between him and the Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee, as Republicans came to the FBI chief’s rescue.
The hearing largely focused on Kash Patel’s handling of two big cases — the recent assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk and the alleged trafficking of young women to other people by convicted sex offender Jefferey Epstein, among many others. The hearing also saw fiery discussions on ‘unprecedented’ purging of some FBI officials.
What democrats said
Senator Dick Durbin, the ranking democrat on the committee, said that Patel has inflicted “untold damage” on the US’ federal probe agency and has put national security and public safety at risk, with “unprecedented purge of FBI officials.”
This criticism was furthered by another democrat senator Cory Booker, who said that firing of experienced FBI agents who worked on old cases against US President Donald Trump, including US Capitol riots and others, had made the US “weaker and less safe”. He even went on to say that Patel is “not going to be around long”.
“As much as you supplicate yourself to the will of Donald Trump — and not the Constitution of the United States of America — Donald Trump has shown us… he is not loyal to people like you. He will cut you loose,” Booker said.
This comes after five agents and executives working at the FBI were fired last month.
Booker also said that he believed Patel was failing as a leader of the FBI. “Your failure does have serious implications for the safety and security of Americans and our families…We’re more vulnerable to domestic and foreign attack because of your failures of leadership.”
Patel was also called an “internet troll” by senator Adam Schiff of California. “You can make an internet troll the FBI director, but he will always be an internet troll,” Schiff said.
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