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WATCH: Sen. Klobuchar questions Patel on his disparaging comments about the FBI
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2:32Now PlayingSen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. questioned Kash Patel on Thursday in his confirmation hearing for FBI director about comments he made calling the FBI “utterly corrupt” and whether or not he asserted that the FBI headquarters should be shut down and turned into a museum.
“If the best attacks on me are gonna be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations, the only thing this body is doing is defeating the credibility of the men and women at the FBI,” Patel said in response.
Patel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A loyal Trump supporter, Patel is a former public defender turned Justice Department prosecutor. He served in President Donald 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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