Senator Dick Durbin is going all out to try and derail the nomination of Kash Patel as director of the FBI.
In letters to the Justice Department, Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Durbin accuses Patel of working to undermine the transition process between Donald Trump and Joe Biden following the widespread fraud that tainted the 2020 presidential election.
He wrote:
Mr. Patel was appointed Chief of Staff [for the Secretary of Defense] on November 10, 2020, after then-President Trump lost the 2020 election.
During his tenure, Mr. Patel was accused of impeding the incoming Biden Administration’s transition work with the Defense Department, injecting himself and another political appointee into processes normally handled by nonpartisan career civilian and military officials, and ignoring requests from the Biden Administration’s transition.
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As you know, the FBI is the principal federal law enforcement investigative agency, tasked with protecting all Americans.
The Director must be able to execute the FBI’s mission in a nonpartisan, impartial manner that is above reproach.
The credible allegations against Mr. Patel outlined above are deeply troubling, and the Committee is unable to properly consider his nomination without more information on his underlying conduct.
Lawmakers such as Durbin are particularly troubled by Patel’s nomination because of his longstanding record of working to hold Democrats and deep state actors accountable for their countless crimes and misdemeanors.
Such is Durbin’s concern that he even brought up Patel’s name during the confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi, who is Trump’s nominee for Attorney General and asked her about his supposed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory.
“I look forward to hearing his testimony about QAnon in front of this committee,” Bondi replied.
Yes, Dick Durbin really just asked Pam Bondi what Kash Patel thinks about Q-Anon pic.twitter.com/s7t6CIi3WE
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 15, 2025
Among Patel’s most notable achievements involved exposing the Russiagate hoax when he spearheaded the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into the Hillary Clinton-funded Steele dossier aimed at discrediting the Trump presidency before he even took office.
“Kash is proud of his service at the DOJ, DOD, and DNI, and looks forward to answering any of Senator Durbin’s questions at his confirmation hearing,” said Alex Pfeiffer, a Trump spokesperson.
Patel’s confirmation hearing is scheduled to take place after Donald Trump is inaugurated next week.
However, a specific date has yet to be publicly announced.
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