in january he told the fbi, what did he tell the fbi? still had no proof to support the statements and it was just talk. the primary source explained to the fbi that his information came from word-of-mouth and hearsay, conversations he had with friends over beers and some of the information where statements that he heard made in jest. and he told the fbi this in january of 2017. and they got two more warrants after that. are you aware that the fbi had volumes of information that the steele dossier was a bunch of bullshit and nobody told anybody at the top. you are aware of the hat -- of the fact that the pfizer court rebuked the fbi and the fbi lawyer went to jail because he lit -- misled the court by manipulating an email from the cia? mr. patel: i am. sen. graham: do you believe that crossfire hurricane was one of the most disgusting episodes in fbi history of a corrupt investigation led by corrupt people who wanted to take donald trump down? mr. patel: yes. sen. graham: do you think you are in this chair to fix that. without crossfire

inte integrity, fbi, integrity, i. the fbi runs on facts. it runs on truth. without truth, the whole system breaks down. in his hearing, mr. patel made clear why americans should be so concerned about putting someone in charge of the fbi who clearly does not have the integrity the job demands. mr. patel did not even have the integrity to stand by his own words that we had on youtube. instead of disavowing or providing explanations for his past statements, he repeatedly misled the committee, dodged questions and claimed ignorance, claimed he didn't remember things he said just a few months before. why would you want someone in the fbi who doesn't remember things they said only a few months before? this is irresponsible at best and deceitful at worst. the director of our nation's most powerful law enforcement agency must be forthright and trustworthy. he must follow the facts and carefully analyze evidence before drawing conclusions. unfortunately, mr. patel has proven that his allegiance is to the president, not to the truth. mr. president, independence of the

within the fbi. tell me what you will do to do that and how you will commit to work with other law enforcement both within the fbi, elsewhere within the federal government and state and local law enforcement officials to bring that back. mr. patel: the only way to truly remove weaponization and politicization from law enforcement is to follow the constitution. if you look at the fbi website and the mission statement and their core values, each has eight. the eighth and less core value of the mission statement right now is fighting violent crime. that needs to be number one. the eighth core value out of all core values, duress obedience needs to be number one. reorienting these policies with effective leadership in place to follow the law will allow us to achieve a singular standard of constitutional law enforcement and remove weaponization from law enforcement and that's what they are talking about. sen. lee: if we had interest to governess we would not need a constitution. i appreciate your commitme

third-highest fbi official. he soon retired after he harassed a young female subordinate. meanwhile i went through an eight year process to be reinstated only to have the biden doj affirm the fbi's revocation of my security clearance in december of 2024 finalizing my removal. see how removing a security clearance is a tool to retaliate and ruin people professionally. lastly i know you are tired of listening to this so that's why set and lastly. from another fbi said "and lastm another whistleblower, i watch the fbi become an institution not "of the people," but of a select people who know the system and process and use it to their advantage. those people need to leave. as a whistleblower, i stand ready to help return the fbi to its earlier days of glory and return america's trust in what was an incredible institution. now, how can anybody listen to these statements from the fbi to know that there is a culture that just is not totally in tune with what law enforcement agency ought to do and conclude that everythi

the acting director of the fbi then tells personnel the fbi. quote, we understand that this request encompasses thousands of fbi employees across the country who have supported these investigative efforts. i am one of those employees, as is acting deputy director casey. as we have said since the moment we agreed to take on these roles, meaning the acting director and acting acting deputy director of the fbi, we are going to follow the law, follow fbi policy and do what is in the best interest of the workforce and the american people. always. we will be back in touch with more information as soon as we can. in the meantime, stay safe and take care of each other. brian j. driscoll, jr. acting director. again, this letter tonight to all fbi personnel. it is from brian driscoll, who is the somewhat accidental acting director of the fbi. he's a long time employee of the fbi. he's apparently part of the hostage rescue team. the trump administration tried to name him to be the number two. they tried to name him to be the acting deputy director of the

of dedicated fbi agents. they are fearful that an environment and climate have been created which makes their own safety in question, puts their own safety in question. let me give you an example of another one of theez 1,600 people who were prosecuted for the assault on the capitol. edward kelly convicted of assaulting law enforcement and other felony and misdemeanors offenses related to his conduct on january 6. the men and women who came in and were beating on the law enforcement officials who protect this capitol. kelly was one of them. as i said, he was convicted, scheduled to be sentenced this april until he was pardoned by president trump last month. while awaiting trial on his january 6 related charges, kelly was separately charged and convicted in his home state of tennessee of conspiracy to murder law enforcement, including fbi agents and employees who participated in the investigation of his insurrectionist conduct. kelly's conspiracy case remains pending sentencing but kelly argues that the case i

fbi to transcend in single administration wayne single president. ngs that distinguishes this nomination from others. secondly, we have an individual in kash patel who has published a book which in detail describes his view on politics in america. it is a book filled with grievances, conspiracy theories and information he sided was a january 6 rioters against the police. we had some questions he needed to answer about his conduct. we went through them particularly on the elements of the j6 choir. we know this sounds like a curious thing to spend time on but is a reflection of his priorities and the fact he is asking to head up the most important law enforcement agency in the u.s. and a time when he sided was a so-called political prisoners from january 6 instead of the men and women who risk their lives to protect us. he created this musical undertaking and was proudly proclaiming it to steve bannon, the hard work he went through to master it, digitize it and create musical work that could be played to the trump rallies. when we asked him about it h

going to make the fbi great again. again. it is going to take some work. i think there are individuals who have been responsible for kind of taking the fbi off the rails and they do need to face consequences. maria: and don't forget john ratcliffe running the cia. that tre trio should be real effective. great to talk with you. thank you so much. quick break and then sand box aq ceo jack henry is here to tell us about his company and the state of artificial intelligence. he'll give us his take on a.i. under the trump administration when we come back. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪ maya knows how quality care can bring out a smile. but it's been a few dog years since she was able to enjoy a smile of her own. good thing aspen dental offers affordable, complete care all in one place. and new patients without insurance get 29 dollar exams and xrays. plus 20% off treatment plans for everyone. loving our patients unconditionally. it's one more way aspen dental is in your corner. baby: liberty! m

this is not the normal shifting of political leadership at the top of the doj or the fbi, fbi agents, where they've asked for this list of everybody involved in these prosecutions. fbi agents are like reporters. they do not assign themselves their jobs. they are told to investigate something, and they do what they're they're asked to do. >> we're witnessing the. decapitation of america's. >> foremost law enforcement agency. it's happening in real time. >> there are. >> three lines of defense here. one is the acting. >> fbi director, brian driscoll. >> will he. >> execute the order. >> that has been commanded? the second line of defense and the third line are, unfortunately. >> the senate republicans and the supreme. >> court of the united states. >> when trump took the oath. >> of office. only 13 days ago, he swore. >> an oath. >> to uphold the constitution and the laws of the united states. >> that was a lie. >> under oath. >> patel's testimony. >> that there would be no. >> political retribution. >> at the fbi does not have the. >> odor of truth. >> if the senate will confirm someon

fbi leadership and going after fbi agents who the public views as frontline cops.g after. the bosses. fine. >> going after the. >> institution, which has had a checkered history since j. edgar hoover. okay, you. >> start going. >> after fbi agents. >> like. >> the head of the new york field office who are decorated marines who. >> have gone on. >> raids, risking. >> their lives gun in hand, hostage rescues. you're talking. >> about something else. this could be a political disaster for trump. and the other thing about it is, as you start cutting body counts, as you start removing people from positions. example is ryan talked about those january 6th. >> prosecutors. >> a dozen of them were to be assigned to superior court in dc to deal with misdemeanor cases. and trump ran in part on the crime wave in washington, dc. yeah. so you're going from sort of going after. institutions to going after cops on the street. and we haven't even talked about the pardon of. >> all. >> those people who committed violence. >> against law enforcement. >> this is a very politically dan

you could have a new fbi director. we might be saying fbi director kash patel in short order. coming up, president trump's latest immigration movement, tamovement,-funded benefits for illegal immigrants. (man) got one more antoine. (vo) with usps ground advantage, it's like you're with us every step of the way. ♪ (man) cooool. ♪ (man) right on time! (vo) stay in the know. from your dock... to their door. as your host, i have some rules. first, no showers longer than 5 minutes. this isn't a spa. (laughs) that's a rule. meanwhile, at a vrbo— when other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host, try one that's all yours. (juliana) veteran homeowners, need cash? the newday 100 va loan lets you take out an average of $70,000 to pay off your car loan pay off your credit cards and pay yourself cash. (vo) call 1-844-979-2669 (♪) my back got injured very bad. i was off work for about a year. i heard about relief factor from my wife. i took it every day, three times a day, for three weeks. ...look at her and i said, “the pain is gone.” and she said, i'm glad it helped. i sai

you look at the fbi, a purge inside of the fbi. to run rampant in the united states because they're looking inward and starting a war there. and finally, on these tariffs. listen, you you don't have to be smart economics to know this pushes the. >> 25% tariffs. >> this pushes the eu. this pushes canada. this is pushes mexico into the arms of china and say okay, well if the united states is going to do this, let's figure out how to deal more with china. so all of these seem to help those who consider the united states an enemy. >> well, these are. >> the unintended. >> consequences, right? >> i mean, part of this was and that's the thing, i think that a lot of us should be the most worried about are the unintended consequences here. look, the intention here was. always to strip down the federal government. they wrote about it in project 2025 to remove nonpartisan government actors and replace them with loyalists. that was always the play, right? to strip it down to the studs to do what elon did with x to the federal government. and

that's how it works in the fbi. junior fbi employees and fbi agents are given an assignment. they were given the january 6th assignment. they didn't have a choice in the matter. >> yeah. and i will say, like, frankly, some of them weren't so enthusiastic about it. like the. >> january 6th. >> cases have been. >> controversial within the fbi itself because, you know, these were some of these were lower level misdemeanor cases. now, that goes all the way up to seditious conspiracy. and i should say that i think, broadly speaking, that most of the fbi supported the cases against, you know, individuals who assaulted officers viciously. right. like that's something that i think most americans support. and i think it's something that most fbi special agents supported. but the handling of these cases was controversial within the fbi. and that's and it's not for nothing that the fbi is a generally conservative leaning organization full of people who with no law enforcement background, a lot of military background. so that's not to say they're political actors, but just generally spea

what will his be at the fbi? but we start with the standoff between elon musk and congressional republicans, who are for the first time showing signs they may be willing to stand up to him. today, the entire house republican sophomore class is meeting with president trump later this afternoon. they're going to talk about their concerns about the mass firings and what they see as a lack of compassion. that's the same message many of them have been getting from voters back home, venting states like a and oklahoma. who had been laidf tried to amp up the pressure by demonstrating on capitol hill. >> i think it's really. >> cruel to. >> fire people for. >> poor. >> performance when. >> they've only had great feedback. >> i have cried every day. >> i'm i think that that's normal. >> we're just witnessing. >> like. >> an entire industry. >> is. >> going down. >> and what. >> are the senators going to do. >> about it? >> we should note the number of republicans willing to speak out against musk is still relatively small,

it comes after trump's fbi pick it comes after trump's fbi pick says he believes the fbi reports if you're frustrated with occasional bloating or gas, your body's giving you signs. it's time to try align. align probiotic was specifically designed by gastroenterologists to help relieve your occasional bloating and gas. when you feel the signs, it's time to try align. >> come out and i'll show you a better way. >> will you. >> say i know i said nearly half of all used cars have been in an accident, but there's no reason to shop with fear. >> well, show me carfax. >> knowing how a car's accident history impacts price means, you don't have to overpay. >> i wasn't scared. >> sure. can we talk about the pjs? >> i'll talk about them. as long as you keep it positive. >> because i like these things. >> no fear. >> just fox. say, show me a carfax com. >> you got it. >> during an asthma attack, every. second feels like an eternity. primatene mist works fast. it's clinically shown to open airways quickly. get the open airways quickly. get the number one fda approved okay everyone, our mission is to pr

it comes after trump's fbi pick says he believes the fbi reports says he believes the fbi reports to trump. watch your step! that's why visionworks makes it simple to schedule an eye exam that works for you. even if you have a big trip to plan around. thanks! i mean, i can see you right now if that's...convenient. visionworks. see the difference. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. (♪♪) (man 1) we're standing up for our right to be lazy. (woman 1) with 30 grams by sitting down.protein. (man 2) and reclining back. (woman 2) we work full-time and parent full-time. (man 3) we will be reclined until further notice. (woman 3) it's our right to let the dishes soak overnight. (man 4) and to mow the lawn... tomorrow-ish. (man 5) we proudly declare that yes, we are still watching that. (woman 4) and no, we won't be cooking tonight. (man 6) we, the lazy, are taking back lazy... (woman 5) ...by getting comfy o

of fbi agents will join us next hi. i use febreze fade defy plug. and i use this. febreze has a microchip to control scent release so it smells first-day fresh for 50 days. 50 days!? and its refill reminder light means i'll never miss a day of freshness. ♪ tap into etsy means i'll never miss for home and style finds ss. like custom shelving for less than 50 dollars to make more space. or linen robes under 75 to get you cozy. for affordable pieces to help you welcome big changes, etsy has it. if you have heart failure or chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help you keep living life, because there are places you'd like to be. (♪♪) serious side effects include increased ketones in blood or urine and bacterial infection between the anus and genitals, both which may be fatal, severe allergic reactions, dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. stop taking and tell your doctor right away if you have nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, tiredness, rash, swelling, trouble breathing or swallowing. t

nine fbi agents filed the lawsuit as a class action on behalf of current and former fbi agent and employeesd in some manner in the investigation and prosecution of crimes and abuses of power by donald trump or by those acting at his behest. they say that the intimidation is the point. plaintiffs assert that the very act of compiling lists of persons who worked on matters that upset donald trump is retaliatory in nature, intended to intimidate fbi agents and other personnel, and to discourage them from reporting any future malfeasance by donald trump and his agents. the fbi agents association, representing roughly 14,000 current and former agents, asked for the court's protection from trump administration's anticipated retaliatory decision to expose their personal information for opprobrium and potential vigilante action by those who they were investigating. the lawsuit notes that some of the most notorious january 6th convicted felons, including those sentenced for seditious conspiracy and assaulting police, have agitated for the retaliation of the fbi. that the fbi agents now anticipate, i

in the fbi. more than 20 mine -- 29 months later i'm still indefinitely suspended without pay and benefits. other whistleblowers have since confirmed that the fbi intentionally stranded me in the middle of a move and withheld our possessions to maximize paying my suspension. in new era of accountability into whistleblower protections of the fbi is long overdue. fbi officials like sean clarke, sean fitzgerald, deana perkins, jeff beltre jennifer moore timothy donham and. other leads up to christopher wray are responsible for what happened to me and my family, ensuring they no longer work and fbi and retribution. from steve friend jacqueline mcguire was promoted to offer faster launch of the fbi after sending federal agents to arrest nonviolent cabinet protest catholic pro-life. as someone who lost my career by the whistle on these kinds of abuses and needlessly with risky tactics for cooperative subjects i was offended by her being rewarded rather than held accountable. her dismissal is a small st

of the fbi. right. so he's not a cabinet level position technically. the director reports to the deputy attorney general, and there is obviously a degree of oversight that comes there from the deputy attorney general and the attorney general. they can fire the director, as they did with director comey. but day to day, the director has an enormous impact on the direction, the culture and specific investigations within the bureau that the director chooses are worthy of his or her attention. so if kash patel decides he wants to unleash the fbi, it's awesome. investigative power and its legal authority. in an effort to get back at americans who he thinks have somehow insulted or been disloyal to the president, he can absolutely do that. will fbi people go along with it? i suspect that many of them will not. they will likely be quickly fired. so eventually he'll come up. he'll be able to identify a cadre of people who will execute his will no matter what it is. be that opening investigations that lack

regarding the fbi.w. >> so i spent 13 years. >> working in. >> courtrooms and i worked alongside many of. >> our the best and. >> brightest in the law enforcement community. >> including the fbi. >> and as you mentioned, these. >> are in so many cases. >> apolitical civil servants. >> who are serving. >> our country. >> and what. >> we're seeing. >> now is really it's devastating. >> it's devastating. >> it's not just the fbi. >> but you can just see, really, we can't consider. >> it in a vacuum. >> the witch hunt. >> that. >> we've seen regarding. >> our federal employees, and i don't think there's any term. >> that we could. >> use other than that. >> and these are individuals who are trained professionals. you mentioned. >> the. >> fbi agents. >> who are. >> skilled at what they do. >> these are people, many of whom some voted for this president, some didn't, some didn't vote at all. and these are people who come to work. >> every day to serve. >> our country, much like all of our employees inside ou

of the fbi needs to take a shift.s actually the needs of the american people and i firmly believe that those who were staying concerned, that is just in my opinion complete nonsense, they are afraid of change. we need change at the fbi, we need good solid change in leadership and i think that is absolutely what cash patel is going to bring to the fbi. >> trace: i know we heard some negative comments from democrats but i was kind of struck by this comment by vermont senator peter he said the following, watch! >> cash patel is a crown jewel, in this lawless rampage. he is an instrument of donald trump's efforts to destroy the justice department and the fbi. he willingly agrees to carry out the vengeance to the work of donald trump. >> trace: vengeance is talking points, nothing substantive be able able to give to the debate. >> right, whether that individual is not understanding the fbi and doj have been politically weaponized, that is the problem. and he will say, let's let the fbi do their job. they want to put the ba

. >> pick to lead the fbi. to the push to. >> dismiss a rather open and shut bribery case against new york city mayor eric adams to comments. donald trump just made in the. oval office, blasting. >> federal judges. who have ruled against his administration. >> the maga movement's efforts to. obliterate the rule of law in america are coming into. >> fuller view today. >> we begin. >> with the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee. >> suggesting that. >> kash patel might have lied. >> under oath to congress. and is. secretly plotting a purge of career civil servants at the fbi. in a letter to the inspector general of the department of justice. >> senator dick. >> durbin says that acting deputy attorney general emil bove told. attendees of a january 29th meeting between top fbi brass and leadership at the justice department. >> this quote. >> he received multiple calls from stephen miller the. >> night. >> before. mr. miller was pressuring him because. >> mr. patel. >> wanted the fbi to remove targeted em

i'll read you just a part of what emil bove is a memo to fbi employees today says no fbi employee who simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner with respect to january 6th investigations, is at risk of termination or other penalties. and he says the only people, the only individuals who should be concerned are those who acted with corrupt or partisan intent or who blatantly defied orders from the justice department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the fbi. now, the question is, of course, jake, how do you define weaponizing? that's one of the terms that donald trump has used a lot. president trump has used a lot on the campaign trail, and there is now the new attorney general, pamela bondi, established a weaponization working group. the question again, jake, how do you define this and how do you punish these people for said weaponization? >> jake, i mean, they're going after every single person who worked on any january 6th case, including somebody who just handed a warrant to somebody who was accused of beating up cops. that's poli

he has not experience in the fbi. uh, bongino is a right wing conspiracy theorist, as you well know. he's an election denier. i want to get your reaction to something bongino recently said on his podcast. watch this. folks, my recommendation is. >> donald trump. >> should ignore this. >> this judge is obviously. >> not acting constitutionally. >> at all. it should be ignored. the man. >> that resuming all but. >> you can't order the. executive to spend. i mean, you've effectively usurped the power of the executive. who's going to arrest them? the marshals. you guys. >> know who the u.s. marshals work for? the department of justice? that is under the executive branch. donald trump is. >> going to order his own. arrest and. >> his team. >> this is ridiculous. >> how disturbing is this sort of thinking from someone who will hold one of the most senior, one of the most important law enforcement positions in the u.s. government. >> as the most senior fbi agent in the entire organization. the person who is personally respon

will the fbi be involved?onald trump or his administration are targeted with illegal acts again? >> so, juan, as lots of people have pointed out, local law enforcement is going to really matter. and so you have to really consider where do you live, where is this happening? you know, we're lucky that we're here in new york, and there's lots of terrific local law enforcement, but that is going to put the front and center now because of the hollowing out and the scare tactics, and which i think is the intent of the fbi. i also think what you are seeing in terms of the fbi and its training and comparing that to what i think is a blatantly false and in my view, illegal demand from the deputy attorney general is this schism, this divide that is remarkable, where you have the sort of rank and file of the fbi doing what they're trained to do, doing what they were trained to do under director mueller, under frankly, under every director who reminds you was republican. this is this is a republican led institution. throu

i'd shut down. >> the fbi hoover. building on day one. >> and reopening. >> the next. >> day as a museum of the deep state. >> republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska said, i have been disappointed that when he had the opportunity to push back on an administration's decision to force the fbi to provide a list of agents involved in the january 6th investigations and prosecutions, he failed to do so. >> he is a. >> yes. >> man for president trump, already undermining the critical bureau. he wants to lead. already demonstrating an alarming willingness to do the bidding of a vengeful white house. >> on most issues, all elected republicans in washington bow in flawless trump service to donald trump, none of whom objected to donald trump calling himself a king yesterday. but once in a while, and just once in a while, a republican senator sounds like what a republican senator used to sound like when, back when donald trump was in the business of pretending to fire people on tv. it was republican senator thom tillis turn

fbi who woke up this morning, then to the news that after all that acting fbi director brian driscoll, in effect, blinked in the standoff with the justice department and did, in fact. >> turn over the full. names of every fbi. agent who worked. >> on any january 6th case. to put it bluntly, this was unnerving just because of the risk it poses to the men and women of the fbi. >> and their families. >> but also because of what it says about the current strength of our institutions, of that institution. but what happens next is arguably just as important and instructive. within hours of news that the names of all the fbi agents who worked on january 6th cases had been turned over to the justice department, there was another development. we learned this, quote, the trump administration has agreed to keep private a list of fbi employees who worked on january 6th cases, unless it first provides a two day head start for the employees to seek a court's intervention. the agreement between the fbi agents association and donald trump's justice department deescalates for now, a. showdown between

the acting director of the fbi, brian driscoll appears resistant to a large-scale purge telling the fbitaff overnight he's working to understand the purpose of the list and vowed that we're going to, quote, follow the law, follow fbi policy, and do what's in the best interest of the work force and the american people always. he noted the request for the list came as fbi personnel continue to do their jobs across the board including helping with a gruesome crash on the scene of the potomac. the work force is up in arms on friday. the fbi agents' association fiercely pushed back calling any such potential plans outrageous and warning that such a broad purge would severely weaken the bureau's ability to protect the country from national security and criminal threats, george. >> george: and pierre, just as foreign prosecutors are being targeted as well. >> reporter: many were forced out during the first week of the trump administration, and on friday, the new acting u.s. attorney for washington, d.c. fired dozens of attorneys who worked on january 6th cases. so there's a lot of upheaval, ge

the fbi.ntributor nicole parker is here on the other side of the break. don't miss it. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. we'll be right back. ♪ hey, folks, john rich here. i'm not just a country artist, i'm also a business owner. and it's frightening what banks are doing to american businesses. they've let cancel culture infect their decision making. when a bank cancels your personal account, it's inconvenient. but when they cancel your business account, you're out of business. that's why i co-founded old glory bank. we're a full service online bank that will never cancel you for exercising your constitutional rights. open your account today at oldglorybank.com we stand with you. only servicenow connects every corner of your business, putting ai to work for people. pfft ... every corner? every corner, nick. ow! so kate in hr ... hey kate! ... can focus on people, not process. patty in it is using ai agents to deal with the small stuff, so she can work on the big stuff

he didn't just attack fbi management. he's attacked the fbi rank and file.toric, you know, and it just doesn't sit well with us having a guy at the number two spot who maybe spent a few years as a police officer in new york city. my dad was a 25 year nypd veteran, as was my brother. you know, you got to spend a lot of time in new york. you know, i don't know how many how much time he spent in new york or how many time he spent in the secret service, but he wasn't certainly wasn't a career guy at either position. and so now you have a guy that really isn't a career law enforcement agent, and now he's going to be the number two man, which is the operational guy in the fbi. >> yeah. >> idris, let's take a little listen more to how he sounded. this was on the pod discussing the assassination attempt of then candidate, former president trump. >> is it just incompetence that there was additional security requests turned down? >> you know, congressman, if you had just ended with your first statement and said, well, we may have screwed up the perimeter, you can mayb

be fbi director kash patel. kash patel is the guy you go to when everybody else says, no, i won't do it. it's too immoral, it's too unethical, it's too unlawful. he's the guy. that's why he was chosen. you rise to the level of your utter sycophancy in the trump administration. but here's the thing. i've worked with the fbi for decades, ever since i was a federal prosecutor. they're the premier law enforcement agency. only in trump world, a world in which you pardon hundreds of people for beating police officers, and then you purge the fbi agents that pursued them. only in that kind of world does a kash patel become fbi director. but that's the upside down, terrible world we're living in at this moment. and kash patel has now been given a ten year term as fbi director. i cannot imagine the damage that he can do if he's given a decade to do it. and so we find ourselves in really uncharted waters. i think you'd have to go back to herbert hoover to find another fbi director so intent on using the powers of that posi

you cover justice and fbi.ot happening in both departments and i want to bottom line with frank, if i could, digging into your experience if you can help us understand the reporting from andy and pat, that the executive assistant directors, those in national security, cyber, criminal division, are being forced to resign, retire or face termination. what does it mean to have those positions forced out? >> yeah. whether you combine that essentially aer of leadership, executive assistant directors control multiple operational division, so at least a half a dozen of those reportedly are gone. then you get down to the level of at least two or three special agents in charge in the field, including miami, washington field office. you are starting to lose too much experience. if this plays out next week as reportedly it might, with regard to dismissing hundreds or thousands of special agents in the field who have touched january 6th cases or trump related cases, this makes america less safe. this is not reduction. this

and the latest on that purge of the fbi. a deadline tomorrow that could impact anyone who had anything to do with investigating. january 6th. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news. the first legal pushback to president trump and elon musk's effort to seize control of the federal government's checkbook. late today, three union and advocacy groups sued the treasury department and treasury secretary scott bessent over the decision giving musk and his staffers access to the federal payment system. that's the up until now, nonpartisan arm of the treasury that writes and sends out trillions of dollars a year that the federal government spends on everything from mine safety to medicare. >> i just want to be clear about what's going on here. the system that makes sure that your granddad gets his social security check, the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets medicare payment to cover her medical appointment, and the system that makes sure that you get the tax refund that you're owed h

of congress who fund the fbi have no say?, i mean, i do think it is going to boil down to those confirmations, because that's really kind of the power that they have right now. i just don't know if that's going to ultimately sway any republicans who were, you know, maybe considering kash patel whether or not they were going to confirm him. right. there's, you know, sort of a trope at this point. but if this was an anonymous vote, i think it goes a lot differently than if this was a public vote, just because a lot of people are worried about sort of putting themselves out there. and, you know, we've seen how the confirmation. >> oh, they're worried about their poor little careers. as a member of congress. >> i think we need. >> to find the sound for later in the show to make sure we play it so that people can really understand, like here, what is going on in the confirmation hearings for both pam bondi and kash patel? they directly batted down the idea that people would be gone after within the justice department. thank you. b

one fbi fbi agent. >> summarized what happened like this bottom line. >> doj came. >> over and. >> wanted to fire a bunch of j6 agents. >> driscoll is an absolute stud, held. >> his ground and told white house proxy d.o.j. >> to eff off. >> it's pretty bold. >> and look, when. >> you're fighting against the president of the united states. >> and his billionaire. >> sidekick with. >> vengeance, you. >> are. fighting an uphill battle. >> let's be real. but they're. >> still fighting. they're still. >> standing up. >> for what's right, even if it means putting their own jobs at jeopardy. and that is important because at the end of the day, what these past weeks have made clear is that this takeover is going to proceed unchecked unless there are efforts to check it. in other words, there's no cavalry coming. you are the cavalry. elected officials, governors, civil servants, all of you sitting at home. you are the cavalry to stop this. and we will be here, right here to talk about what's happening. we're bolder. action and voices are needed. we will call that out. we will keep our eyes open. w