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WATCH: Patel doesn’t answer directly whether America is safer after Trump issued Jan. 6 pardons
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2:18Now PlayingSen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questioned Kash Patel on Thursday in his confirmation hearing for FBI director.
Durbin asked Patel if America is safer after President Donald Trump issued pardons to some 1,600 criminal defendants, many of whom stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Patel did not directly answer the senator’s question.
A loyal Trump supporter, Patel is a former public defender turned Justice Department prosecutor. He served in Trump’s first term as chief of staff to acting defense secretary Christopher Miller. In interviews, he has said he wants to reduce the size of the national intelligence community, and shut down the FBI’s headquarters in Washington. He’s also repeated the false narrative that Trump won the 2020 election.
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