FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday defended his personal travel and the law enforcement agency's purchase of several luxury armored BMWs under his leadership amid scrutiny. Patel is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning. Democrats on the panel are expected to press the Trump administration official…
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Kash Patel's letter to Grassley touts historic crime drop, then defends the bureau's luxury armored BMWs
“They call it "explaining expenditures" — that's the department's word for "we bought the director armored BMWs and now we need a headline big enough to bury the invoice." The crime numbers are probably real, but watch how they got wheeled out the same week, in the same letter, to the same chairman — that's not oversight, that's a receipt with a magic trick stapled on top. The bureau's got money for luxury sedans and somehow still needs a press hit to get through a hearing about how it spends yours.”
“Look, security is expensive, the director needs a hardened vehicle, that's just modern threat assessment, it's not a — okay it's a BMW, it's several BMWs, but you're burying the lede, the crime drop is the largest in American history, that's the story, that's what the letter — wait, is it the same letter? That's — I need to check that, that doesn't sound like something I'd want to be defending in the same breath.”
The receipts
FBI Director Kash Patel is testifying Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the federal law enforcement agency. Patel is likely to face questions over a series of personnel shake-ups and controversies surrounding his conduct and use of government resources for travel. The FBI chief has defended his actions against…
Watch live coverage as FBI Director Kash Patel testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
FBI Director Kash Patel is set to tell senators the FBI delivered historic crime reductions, disrupted terrorist plots, captured top fugitives and overhauled the bureau under his leadership.
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FBI Director Kash Patel is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an annual hearing on oversight of the agency.
FBI Director Kash Patel is speaking to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning for an oversight hearing on the bureau.
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