Sen. Richard J. Durbin accused FBI director nominee Kash Patel of acting to direct a “purge” of career officials at the agency.

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Senate Democrat says FBI nominee Kash Patel is working on purge of agency officials before being confirmed

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Sen Durbin accuses Patel of directing purge of FBI employees

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is alleging that Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is “personally directing the ongoing purge” of bureau employees. In a letter to the Justice Department’s inspector general Tuesday, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said that he had received “highly credible information from multiple sources” that Patel gave directives to White House and Justic…

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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said he has "highly credible information" that Patel is behind the firings at the FBI, though he is not yet the FBI director.

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Durbin accuses Patel of ordering FBI firings before his confirmation as FBI director and lying about it

Sen. Dick Durbin accused Kash Patel, President Trump's pick for FBI director, of secretly orchestrating the firings of FBI officials.

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Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Department Reporter joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the allegations made by top Senate Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL) that Kash Patel, incoming FBI Director was directing members of the FBI to make firings before taking the job, and what it says about the normalization of abuse of power that has defined Trump’s second term in office, NBC News has not ind…

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Incoming FBI Director, Kash Patel accused of orchestrating FBI firings by top Senate Judiciary Dem

White House senior aide Stephen Miller, acting deputy Attorney General Emil Bove aided the "potentially illegal" scheme, Sen. Dick Durbin alleged.

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Top Democrat accuses Trump FBI nominee Kash Patel of directing purge

Sen. Durbin says he is in possession of information from "multiple" whistleblowers showing Kash Patel is carrying out a "purge" of FBI employees.

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WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on
Tuesday accused FBI director nominee Kash Patel of acting behind the
scenes to direct a “purge” of career officials at the agency, adding
to what he called “myriad red ...

Senator accuses Kash Patel of directing FBI personnel ‘purge’

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