The Nominated Director of FBI President Donald Trump Kash Patel Sparred With Democrats on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Thursday in his long -term certificate hearing, where he faced the legislators about the issues of Trump’s pardon on January 6, his role in raising the song published by the prisoner of the prisoner of 6 January and his previous call that Turn off FBI -AU Washington headquarters, DC
He also answered questions about his views on Qanon and his book “Government Gangster”.
There were four biggest conflicts of the day here.
Blumenthal: Patel procedures give ‘look’ he has something to hide
Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Patela poured out for the refusal of sharing the testimony of his great jury from a probe in Trump’s handling classified documents after leaving the White House.
Kash Patel, the election of President Donald Trump to be the director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Justice Committee on a hearing for confirmation on January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The charges against Trump were dismissed in Florida and New York after winning the presidential election, in accordance with a long-standing DOJ policy against prosecuting the seating president.
Blumenthal told Patela on Thursday that the refusal of sharing his remarks with the board gave “appearance” that he was less than transparent.
“It’s the look here to have something to hide,” Blumenthal told him. “I tolerate my colleagues on the Committee. We need to know what a great testimony of the jury is … and you have no objection to seek it, but you will not tell us.”
“Even in a classified, confidential environment, I think that position is disqualified,” he said, before adding, “What are you hiding?” “Why will you not tell us?”
Patel refused to give a satisfactory answer.
“It’s the look here to have something to hide,” Blumenthal said.
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Candidate for FBI Director Kash Patel, Left, and Senator Adam Schiff (AP | Getty)
6. January pardons
Senator Dick Durbin, D-everything., Also traded Barbs with Patel on Thursday for the president’s pardon and punishment at more than 1,500 accused accused in January 6, 2021, a mess of Capitol.
Durbin, the ranking of the Democrat on the panelAsked if Patel believed that the US were “safer” after mass pardons were assigned, to which Patel tried to draw a lawsuit issued by former President Joe Biden.
He told Durbin that “he did not look at all 1,600 individual cases” before he added “, I also believe that America is not safer for the switching of President Biden man who killed two FBI agents,” Patel said, referring to Biden’s decision to traveling the penalty of Leonard Peltier, an Indian’s activist convicted of murder Two FBI agents on the reservation of southern Dakota.
The agents’ families, he said, “[D]Esera better than a man who was empty shot in his head and killed them from prison. ”
“So it goes in both directions.”
The rebels on January 6 and their pardons were a common topic of hearing.
President Donald Trump’s supporters are seen in US capitol on January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Prisoner of J6, ‘Justice for All’
Senator Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Hit the patella Questions dealing with fire in a relationship His involvement in the promotion of the song recorded during the prison by “J6 Prison Choir”, a group of capitol disorder.
Patel shared the song “Justice for All” on social networks. He said that at the time “he did not know about violent offenders,” noting that “he did not participate in any violence in the 6th of January.”
In response, Schiff gave Patela sharply public dressing for violence and attack that the Capitol police suffered on January 6, 2021.
“Turn and look at them,” Schiff Patela said before begging officers of the line up to protect along the back of the room.
Patel refused to do it.
“I want you to look at them if you can, if you have the courage to look them in the eye, Mr. Patel. Tell them you are proud of what you did,” Schiff said.
“Tell them you are proud to have raised money from people who attacked colleagues, that Pepper scattered them, who beat them with pillars. Tell them that you are proud of what you did,” Schiff said, adding, “They” Still there.
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Senator Cory Booker, dn.j. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images/File)
Booker doubles on classified documents
The questions of the New Jersey Corky Booker’s questions from the patella regarding any efforts of Trump’s to declare documents after leaving the White House were among the dumbest moments of hearing.
Booker, a New Jersey He is a Democrat, Patel has repeatedly asked if he testified that Trump had acted with documents marked as classified or moved to declare them after leaving the oval office.
“On behalf of all the values you said today, did you or have not testified to witness the president of the United States declares documents?” Booker asked, his voice rose several octaves.
Patel told the Booker that he did not know if the documents he saw were declared in the Trump’s Mar-a-Lazla Lawa resort in Florida, the FBI agents seized in the probes for special advice, and he invited Booker to get them legally.
“The question is: Will you lie to the President of the United States?” Said Booker. “Would you lie to Donald Trump?”
“No,” Patel said.
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Booker invited Patel to witness Senate about what he said to the great jury.
It would be extremely irresponsible for this committee to move forward with its nomination … If we do not know that the future boss of the FBI would break the law and lie to the president of the United States, “Booker said.
“He refuses the transparency he claims to adhere to. He refuses to be direct with the Senate of the United States,” he continued.
“Has it or didn’t he lie about the president? That’s the question.”
