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 said in a letter that Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director, "may have perjured himself" before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Democrat accuses Trump FBI pick Kash Patel of secretly ordering firings

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

In a letter to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Senate Minority Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, accuses FBI pick Kash Patel of perjury.  “Kash Patel has been personally directing the ongoing purge of career civil servants at the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” he wrote in the letter. Sen. Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois If true, President Donald Trump’s fav…

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Democrats make final attempt to halt Patel’s FBI confirmation

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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Whistleblowers Allege Kash Patel Is Already Carrying Out ‘Purge’ of FBI Employees — Even Though He Hasn’t Been Confirmed Yet

Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin (D-IL) doubled down on his claim that Kash Patel personally orchestrated a “purge” of senior law…

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Durbin Implores Senate GOP To ‘Pause’ On Patel Amid Claims He Covertly Managed FBI Purge

Senator accuses Kash Patel of directing FBI personnel ‘purge’

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