'Are You Ready to Shut up?': Grassley Interrupts as Patel-Booker Clash over FBI Chief's Girlfriend
Booker accused Patel of stonewalling as Democrats pressed him on FBI plans for polling places and Grassley cut in to give Patel more time.
- On Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel faced intense questioning at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Senator Cory Booker grilled him over alleged journalist targeting, prompting Senator Chuck Grassley to intervene and provide cover.
- Tensions boiled over as Booker accused Patel of being a "thug" who "wouldn't qualify" to be an FBI special agent, while pressing him on the agency's investigation into a New York Times journalist who reported on Patel's security detail.
- Democratic senators, including Senator Richard Blumenthal, demanded assurances that the FBI would not send agents to polling locations in November; Patel refused to provide an unequivocal guarantee, stating only that the bureau would "follow the law."
- Amid the contentious exchange, Patel defended his agency by noting election crimes coordinators are in all 56 field offices, while Booker told him, "I have utter respect for you, in fact I have love for you."
- Defending his agency's record, Patel highlighted that the FBI welcomed over 12 million visitors during recent major events without incident and discussed reviewing 140 AI "test case models" to ensure compliance with federal statutes.
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FBI’s Patel dodges questions on election interference at rambunctious US Senate hearing • West Virginia Watch
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties […]
FBI Director Kash Patel wouldn't promise to keep FBI agents out of polling places in November
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties […]
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FBI’s Patel dodges questions on election interference at rambunctious US Senate hearing
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties […]
Sen. Cory Booker lays into FBI Director Patel AND his GOP colleagues during Tuesday hearing; today’s special edition of Democrats working for us!
One of my several/many pet peeves is that Congressional Republicans get to fly under the radar for their part in the dismantling of our norms, and democracy. So…
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