Kash Patel writes his own history again in FBI confirmation hearing

HeyIn a hearing room in the Heart Senate Office Building, there was a long line of expected Maga supporters. Many were waiting for hours, expecting a defined moment to start a defined moment in Trumpian acquisition, one of the country’s most powerful law enforcement agencies.

They can have well. On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s candidate, FBI, to lead the Kash Patel, tolerated the hours of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which seemed to be a formal practice compared to the hearing of the high-day. The former Trump officer has no resistance from Republican, who holds a 52 -seat majority and can confirm him without any democratic support. Even Democrats, who say that Patels are ineligible and unqualified for the role, seemed to be resigned with their fate.

Nevertheless, the more Democrats grills Patel, the more he removed himself from the no-worm bomb, which made him the love of the first America movement. He withdrew his terrible criticisms of the FBI as a cesspool, stating that its 98% of its agents are “courageous apolitical warriors for justice”. He reiterated the principles of far-flung Qanon conspiracy. When he is pressed on the comments made on the right -wing podcast, he denied that his own words reflected his views, called him “false allegations and horrific misconceptions”. : “I do not agree with any punishment of any person who committed violence against law enforcement,” he said.

This was no secret. With almost the entire Republican party under Trump’s control, Patel only needs to avoid separating a small group of GOP Senators, whose opposition can reduce their nomination. By that end, Patel played it safely, hoping to express the apprehension that it would end the long tradition of the Bureau of Freedom from the White House.

He often tipped around potential tripviers and snatched the democrats of the opportunity to take off any deadly explosion. At the same time, however, he sent enough signs to the Trump world that he would fulfill the President’s plan to rebuild the FBI and implement his wish on his far-flung investigators and prosecutors.

During the hearing, Patel, former Attorney General William Barr, former FBI director Christopher Ray, or 60-Power “Deep State” roster by examining any other people included in their 2023 book of roster. Refused, Government gangstersThe list also includes Biden, Kamla Harris, Hillary Clinton, Merick Garland, Christopher Ray, Robert Muler, Bill Barr and James Komi.

Patel raised direct questions about specific tasks, which he would take to the office, instead will be committed to avoid more widely wrongdoing. “I will never do anything unconstitutional or illegal,” he said. When the Democratic Sen Corey Booker of New Jersey asked him to share his grand jury testimony in the case of classified documents of Trump, Patel dismissed the request and said (incorrectly) that he did not have the right to do so . At another point, he refused to say whether Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

Those opportunities can only be to reach the finish line. If Senate confirms Patel, he will enjoy a 10 -year term, which will give him huge strength on American life, leading to the law enforcement unit of over 38,000 agents, which will lead to hunting and political corruption of terrorists Child sexual hunters do everything to investigate. For Maga, he offers a revolutionary opportunity to break an institution investigating Trump and his colleagues. For critics, Patel is a Trump Acolit that represents a danger for constitutional criteria. J. Recalling the abuses of Edgar Hoover – Martin Luther King Junior receiving an inappropriate investigation – he is worried that he will take advantage of his power to curb the freedom of Americans and target Trump’s political opponents.

Most of the democratic line to focus on Patel’s previous statements. Patel told the senators that he rejected the principles of “lump sum law gramless conspiracy”-replied to the meditation that it has been replied that technically, he is technically far and wide online without partially protesting. Separated itself from the community. In 2022, for example, he Said: “I disagree a lot with that movement, but I agree with that movement a lot.”

In a surprising step, Patel said that he did not agree with Trump on the sentence of people who attacked the capital police officers on 6 January 2021. “Any person who commit violence against law enforcement can never be tolerance,” Patel said. , Which has accused the rioters of crimes as “political prisoners”. Many Democrats pressurize Patel Longheld Support for people associated with the attack, including a rendering of the “The Star-Spangled Banner” sung by a song played by a singers imprisoned to attack the US Capital on 6 January 2021. On the top Billboard’s digital song became a head in the sale chart and Trump rallies. As part of interrogation of Cen Adam Shif of California, who said that the cruelty of that day was “glorified”, Patel reduced his participation in the project.

Patel’s dramatic design was to remake another point of dispute to the bureau. Patel said last year, “I will shut down the FBI Hoover Building on day 1 and reopen it as a museum of ‘Deep State’ the next day.” On a popular podcast. “Then, I will take 7,000 employees who work in the building and send them across the US to chase criminals. Go to be the police. You are doing police – Go police. ,

Democrats play alarm continuously about Phell’s businesses for Trump. Sen of Road Island. “I am afraid that the history of the conduct of this nominee enhances those warnings,” he said.

Republican defended Patel as a victim of biased attacks, for its share. He joined the hearing room by colleagues such as Trump’s advisor Alina Habba, former acting director of National Intelligence Richard Granal and former acting Attorney General Matt Whitekar. His supporters portray him as a crusade for FBI reform that wants to reduce prosecution misconduct and monitoring misuse.

The Senate Republican seems to agree. Committee Chairman Iowa’s Sen Chak Grassley said that Patel has “absolutely merit, which we need,” describes his career “as a study in fighting” unpopular but righteous reasons “.