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Kash patel, President Trump The nominee to direct the Federal Research Office, retreated at his confirmation hearing after he was roasted in the forgiveness of the president of the fuss of January 6.
“So, do you think the United States is safer because the 1600 people have had the opportunity to get their prayers and live again in our communities?” Dem. Senator Dick Durbin asked Patel at Thursday’s audience, pressing him on January 6 uproarrs who assaulted police officers convicted earlier this month.
Patel responded with a reference to Biden’s decision in the last hours of his presidency to Leonard Peltier for freeAn extreme left activist convicted in the 1975 murders of two special agents of the FBI, Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, who were shot dead in a South Dakota shooting.
“Senator, I have not seen all 1600 individual cases, “Patel said.
Dem sen. Dick Durbin (left) and FBI director Kash Patel (right) (AP/Reuters)
“I have always advocated those who cause harm to our application of the law and civil communities. I also believe that the United States is not safer because the commutation of President Biden of a man who murdered two FBI agents. Agent Coler And the Williams family deserves better than having the man, that blank range fired a shotgun in their heads and killed them, released from prison.
Durbin responded by minimizing the comparison between Peltier and the winners of January 6.
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The president of the Committee, Senator Dick Durbin, D-Bill., He speaks during an audience of the Senate Committee on the Judicial in Capitol Hill, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“Leonard Peltier was in prison for 45 years,” Durbin replied. “He is 80 years old, and was sentenced to confinement at home. Therefore, he is not free. As you have suggested. He killed two FBI agents. He did that, and he went to prison and should have done it. My question without However, you think the United States is safer because President Trump issued these forgiveness to 1600 of these criminal defendants, many of whom violently assaulted our police in capital? “
Patel replied: “Senator, the United States will be safe when we do not have 200,000 drug overdose in two years, the United States will be safe when we do not have 50 homicides per day.”
Kash Patel, former head of the then Secretary of Defense of Action, Christopher Miller, speaks during a campaign event for candidates for republican elections (Brandon Bell/Getty images)
Patel conservatives and supporters in social networks praised Patel for their response.
“Brutal reality check”, political commentator and confirmation 47 Executive Director Camryn Kinsey Posted in X.
In his opening comments, the president of the Judicial Committee of the Senate, Chuck Grassley, said: “Public confidence in the FBI is low.”
“Only 41% of the American public think that the FBI is doing a good job. This is the lowest qualification in a century,” he continued.
Grassley promoted Patel’s experience as a public defender and in the Department of Justice, as well as his participation in the Select Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives in 2017 to investigate the origins of Trump-Russia investigation.
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Patel has “administered large intelligence and defense bureaucracies, identified and counteracted national security threats, processed and defended criminals,” said Grassley. “He has done this while fighting for transparency and responsibility in the government,” giving “precisely the qualifications we need at this time” to head the office.
Patel nomination has caused early criticisms of some Democrats before their confirmation hearing, who have cited their previous votes to process journalists and career officials in the Department of Justice and the FBI that he sees as part of the “deep state” .
Breanne Deppisch of Fox News Digital contributed to this report
