Senator Dick Durbin goes all out to try to derail the nomination of Kash Patel as director of the FBI.
In letters to the Justice Division, Division of Protection and the Workplace of the Director of Nationwide Intelligence (ODNI), Durbin accuses Patel of working to undermine the transition course of between Donald Trump and Joe Biden following the widespread fraud that tainted the 2020 presidential election.
He wrote:
Mr. Patel was appointed Chief of Workers [for the Secretary of Defense] on November 10, 2020, after then-President Trump misplaced the 2020 election.
Throughout his tenure, Mr. Patel was accused of impeding the incoming Biden Administration’s transition work with the Protection Division, injecting himself and one other political appointee into processes usually dealt with by nonpartisan profession civilian and navy officers, and ignoring requests from the Biden Administration’s transition.
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As you realize, the FBI is the principal federal legislation enforcement investigative company, tasked with defending all People.
The Director should have the ability to execute the FBI’s mission in a nonpartisan, neutral method that’s above reproach.
The credible allegations in opposition to Mr. Patel outlined above are deeply troubling, and the Committee is unable to correctly contemplate his nomination with out extra data on his underlying conduct.
Lawmakers resembling Durbin are notably troubled by Patel’s nomination due to his longstanding record of working to carry Democrats and deep state actors accountable for his or her numerous crimes and misdemeanors.
Such is Durbin’s concern that he even introduced up Patel’s title throughout the affirmation listening to for Pam Bondi, who’s Trump’s nominee for Lawyer Normal and requested her about his supposed help for the QAnon conspiracy concept.
“I look ahead to listening to his testimony about QAnon in entrance of this committee,” Bondi replied.
Sure, Dick Durbin actually simply requested Pam Bondi what Kash Patel thinks about Q-Anon pic.twitter.com/s7t6CIi3WE
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 15, 2025
Amongst Patel’s most notable achievements concerned exposing the Russiagate hoax when he spearheaded the Home Intelligence Committee’s investigation into the Hillary Clinton-funded Steele file aimed toward discrediting the Trump presidency earlier than he even took workplace.
“Kash is happy with his service on the DOJ, DOD, and DNI, and appears ahead to answering any of Senator Durbin’s questions at his affirmation listening to,” mentioned Alex Pfeiffer, a Trump spokesperson.
Patel’s affirmation listening to is scheduled to happen after Donald Trump is inaugurated subsequent week.
Nevertheless, a selected date has but to be publicly introduced.
