patel. my colleagues prevented senator blackburn from offering an amendment. senator blackburn had never raised epstein's flight logs with me publicly or privately. during the november 32's "ethics subpoena authorization mockup, i tried to recognize her multiple times, and there was an effort to close on the commitment before anything went forward on the republican side. many ups and records including flight logs have been public for years. my office reached out to hers to try to identify what records she was actually seeking, we did not receive a response. sen. blackburn: mr. chairman, if i may respond to chairman durbin. i had raised the issue with chairman durbin on the floor, that we wanted to get these records. and then during that hearing that you are recognizing, that you are mentioning, i sought recognition. it was not clear republican colleagues that ended that hearing. mr. chairman, you have the gavel, you were the chairman and you sought not to recognize me and i know and you know

patel: no. i have publicly including in the interviews objected -- rejected outright baseless conspiracy theories. they must be addressed head on with the truth and i will continue to do that and i will always continue to support americans who support law enforcement, and our military and who want a secure border. chair grassley: over the past four years the fbi and justice department have weaponized law enforcement for partisan ends, which has affected you personally. you along with members of my staff were the victims of fbi overreach when they secretly subpoenaed your records during the investigation into crossfire hurricane. inspector general horwitz of the justice department was right to say actions like this have a " chilling effect on whistleblowers." how do you intend to make -- intend to make sure that this kind of misconduct never happens again? mr. patel: this might be one of the scenarios that uniquely qualifies me to take command at the fbi. having been the victim of government over

patel. you are watching c-span3. >> before we begin, i would like to say that our prayers are with the victims and the first responders of the horrible tragedy at reagan airport. it is reported that more than 60 souls were on board the plane and that the helicopter the collided with the potomac over the potomac river. this is a horrible hard to understand disaster that demands answers as first responders continue their recovery effort and as investigators begin their work congress will work with the administration to get to the bottom of this and keep -- and we should keep the people impacted in our prayers. so maybe we should just for a short time think about this tragedy. good morning. i want to welcome everyone to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of kash patel to service director of the federal bureau of investigations. congratulations on your nomination. and thank you for your willingness to serve. before we get started, i want to set out a couple of ground rules ,

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patel's nomination.and the justice department right now, and also a little bit of his history. do you feel like mr. patel's history and his qualifications or lack thereof, for this position, are well understood by the judiciary committee? >> i think. >> they are well understood. >> the question. >> as with so many of these nominees. >> who. >> shouldn't be in a million years confirmed for their positions. >> will it just. >> be democrats that oppose. >> them, or. will republicans also acknowledge what should. >> be plain? >> someone like kash. >> patel is. >> not fit to. >> run an agency of. >> this significance? >> the only. added context that i would mention. >> in addition. >> to what you went through, is. the fbi. not only. is i. >> think the premier. >> law enforcement agency in the country, but the. director of the fbi is one of the most. powerful officials in. >> the federal. >> government. >> and a. >> lot of the. >> work of the. >> fbi is. >> pretty unreviewable. >> that is, if the fbi. >> direc

kash patel: i don't know, senator.doj's january 6 report made public earlier this month confirmed at least six men on the recording pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers. another flash point, patel's so-called enemies list. his 2023 book, "government gangsters," ends with a glossary of -- quote -- "members of the executive branch deep state," 60-plus names, including former fbi directors james comey and christopher wray. democratic senator amy klobuchar pressed him about one name in particular, trump's former attorney general bill barr. sen. klobuchar: is it because of a personal vendetta that he's on the list? you're under oath. kash patel: i have no personal vendetta against people. sen. klobuchar: ok. laura: when patel was floated to serve as deputy fbi director during trump's first term, barr, a republican, said "over my dead body," adding in a book he wrote later that patel had virtually no experience to serve in the role. despite patel's history, republicans on the committee praised his nomination. sen. sc

patel welcome.ay thank you for saying yes when president trump asked you to serve in this role. there are very few roles in all of government that are more important than director of the fbi. they are few roles in all of government that are more in need of a fundamental change. you and i both much of our lives around lawand enforcement and the loss of respect from the american people of the fbi and at the department of justice is one of the most tragic developments of the last four years. both the department of justice and the fbi have a t long histoy of being a political outside of being faithful to one focused on upholding the rule of law in keeping the american people safe. in many ways the worst legacy in my opinion at the biden administration was the complete politicization and weaponization of the department of justice and the fbi. turning them into tools to attack the perceived enemy of the biden white house. you have been charged with going in and restoring integrity to the fbi is not going

about kash patel. >> and get reaction. >> from patel's. >> former boss. >> john bolton. >> but i do. >> want to start tonight with something i. >> think is an important baseline. >> for basically. >> everything we're going to talk. >> about. and that is why donald trump thinks he won the election. >> i went on groceries. it's a very simple word. groceries, like almost, you know who uses the word? i started using the word the groceries. when you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs, they would double and triple the price over a short period of time. and i won an election based on that, we're going to bring those prices way down. >> so donald trump saying. >> he won the election based on bringing prices down and maybe he did. >> but during his. >> first week in office, a period of time. >> where i can tell you. >> presidents typically. >> use their power. >> to make. >> clear what their priorities are. >> and do something about it. >> he was focused. on anything. >> but. >> lowering costs. >> late tonight, president trump announcing he will issue pardons for the january 6t

and patel may get through it. and i do think that, as mark esper recounts in his book, dealing that second rescue effort, that his take was that patel had just lied. but but no one could really prove it. i mean, these these are serious concerns. if you were thinking about hiring anybody simply to be a line attorney and a corporate general counsel's office, or in a law firm, much less to be director of the fbi. >> yeah, i mean, the fbi director is in the small circle of people who would know about these operations, which is important for people to know, too. let me ask you, donald trump, of course, revoked your secret service protection once he took office. you've talked about that even amid some of some very real threats against your life by iran. and you made this point to my colleague andrea mitchell, that that stood out to me, that i was so interesting. and i wanted to ask you about it. you basically said that if you were another former official does get harmed by iran, then the us would have to respond, which

liz: ned patel. excuse me, [ laughter ] who knew you were adopted with kash patel. ned ryun. thank you so much. come back soon. a funny moment for you. watch this now. >> have you ever knowingly met with any leaders of hezbollah? >> no, and it's an absurd accusation. >> pleat the neutrality requirements and objectivity to ensure you're telling the white house what they need to hear and not what they want to hear. >> is edward snowdin a traitor to the united states of america? >> i understand how critical our national security is -- >> apparently you don't. liz: senators going after trump's pick for national intelligence and tulsi gabbard facing tough questions from both parties. welcome to the show former michigan gop gubernatorial candidate, tudor dixon. lovely to have you on. tulsi gabbard campaigned with you running for governor of michigan. how do you think she did today? >> she's did amazingly because she's out there talking for america, and you hear them, they're not talking for america and talking about nuances and going to be political when talking to donald trump ins

patel.y republican colleagues provideded senator black from offering an amendment to the flight logs. prior to the committee 2023 supreme court ethnic markup center blackburn had never raisedna absent flight log with publicly or privately. during november 30, 2023 supreme court ethnic subpoena ethics sua authorization markup, i tried to recognize her multiple times there is an effort to close on the committee before any further business went forward on the republican side. many epstein records including flight logs have been for years subsequent reach out to hers to identify what records she was action seeking we did not receive as response. >> mr. chairman, if i may respond? i had raise the issue with chairman durbin. i raised it on the floor that we wanted to get these records. and then comment during that hearing you are recognizing, sir, or that you aren't are meng i sought recognition. it was not my republican colleaguesle that ended that hearing. mr. chairman, you had the gavel. and yo

patel actually said himself. facts matter. >> how dare you besmirch the men and women of the fbi by quoting statements said by me. kash patel, who has never worked for the fbi ever, and who did say i wanted to shut down the headquarters. that was just one of today's hearings, three of the most controversial, most ostentatiously unqualified, sort of the most trolling choices trump has made for his cabinet. three of them all had hearings on the same day, at the same time. today, at the first of his two confirmation hearings yesterday, trump's health secretary nominee, robert f kennedy jr, seemed to not understand what medicaid is, even though medicaid insures roughly a fifth of all americans and would be among the 13 federal health agencies he would be overseeing if he was confirmed. he also suggested that americans have so many babies that most of the humans born on earth in any given year are babies that are born in the united states. the united states, for the record, has roughly 4% of the earth's population. so

is that. >> you. >> kash patel?e top of that page. >> senator, i had nothing to do with the creation of that. >> is that you reposting? >> it was my. >> question and that's me at the top. >> is bill. >> barr on your. >> list of whatever. >> you. >> want to call them? >> you know what's been referred to as an enemies list. you've called them deep state. after serving his country as the attorney general of the united states. is he on your list because of a personal vendetta? >> well, it's not whatever we want to call it. senator, with all due respect, it's not an enemies list. that is a total mischaracterization. >> i am not an enemies list, just a list of his enemies that he published in his own book. but even though patel claimed that he wouldn't seek retribution if confirmed as fbi director, he still wouldn't give a clear answer on whether he would investigate some of the people on that list. >> do you plan to investigate president trump's former fbi director, christopher wray, yes or no? >> i have no plans in goin

because kash patel is brain dead! >> at least they have brains! rfk jr.'n by a worm... in his head! >> michael: guys, hey. why are we fighting over this? they're all unqualified. why does it matter who the least qualified is? >> michael, because the reporter covering that specific hearing gets the right to use a somber-but-serious, pulitzer-contending voice when they say, "in the opinion of this reporter, kash patel is the least qualified nominee in american history." >> no, no, no, no -- "tulsi gabbard is the least qualified nominee in american history." >> you're both wrong. "rfk jr. is the least qualified nominee in american... in american history." >> michael: are you putting in contacts? >> i don't have glasses, but i need to look smart. god, i never touched my eye before. >> michael: i don't think any of you are qualified for this job. jordan, desi, and josh, everyone. [cheers and applause] when we come back, lewis black will try not to drink. we'll be right back! [cheers and applause] [ car engine revving ] this is cassie. she never really paid atte

amna:amna: let's go to kash patel.e faced a lot of tough questions in that hearing and i want to bring a piece of news. cnn is reporting that at least six senior fbi officials have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired from the agency by monday. some of them were notified of that while mr. patel was in his confirmation hearing. you saw him face questions about a potential campaign of political retribution here. do you have concerns after watching his hearing performance? >> to me this is more evidence that will happen. it will not stop with his nomination. he will do what he told the senators he would do which is to act in accordance with the law. the white house will call the shots here. they will continue to take aim at who they consider not just political enemies but personal enemies. you look at the book that he wrote and the things he has said on these podcasts, he's targeting individuals because of personal disagreement. it has nothing to do with politics in the sense that they were just doing their job. the

going to be kash patel and.>> people he wants. >> around him. >> that he's. comfortable with. and. >> you know, one of the things. >> that you don't really get to in confirmation hearings are questions about who would those people be? >> you know. >> in the. case of. >> pete hegseth. >> for example, hegseth. really doesn't know how to. >> run the pentagon. >> does the deputy secretary know how to run the pentagon? do the undersecretaries know? and it's going. >> to be the. >> same thing. who are going. to be the. assistant directors, the. >> advisers, the people. >> that are around kash patel, the people who might not do the things for donald trump, that kash patel is clearly going to be willing to do. >> kash patel has been described as somebody who would do anything for donald trump. the plot. calabro for the atlantic had a great piece about about him being somebody who would didn't matter what the law was. he would literally do anything for donald trump. donald trump would have no oversight over his interacti

kash patel faces his fbi confirmation hearing today.times summarized some of the back and forth like this. patel alternated between deference and defiance, repeatedly distancing himself from his own previous statements because apparently they are too much even for a senate that is under republican control. he can get through on a party line vote, but he had to walk back certain statements. and this is what democrats partly zeroed in on what they see as not opinions or observations or speculation about mr. patel, but rather using this process and their powers, even in the minority, to put him under oath and to scrutinize him for what he himself has said about january 6th, which is a convicted sedition against the united states, even though it has since been pardoned by donald trump about who won the 2020 race, which relates to some of the criminal activities that day, as well as the idea that patel would go after what he calls miscreants or government gangsters or enemies. the verbiage has been debated, and we'll get to that. but whether

nominees including doug burgum and on c-span 3 live at 9:30 the kash patel, president trump's pick to lead the fbi will speak to senators about his nomination before senate judiciary committee. these events stream live on free c-span video app or online at c-span.org. ♪ ♪ >> democracy, it isn't just an idea, it's a process, a process shaped by leaders elect today the highest office and entrusted to a select few guarding basic principes. it's where debates, decisions are made and nation's course is chartered. democracy in realtime, this is your government at work. doctors the c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered. >> up next we hear from kash patel the president trump's pick to lead the fbi, mr. pa tel national security council in addition to serving as public defender in florida. mr. patel will be on capitol hill on thursday in confirmation hearing. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former pentagon chief of staff and author of government gangsters, kash patel. ♪ we are going to put an end behind donald trump and we are going to do it together. [applause] >> what i want to

patel. they are right there they are guarding your today tell them how proud you are. >> that is an objective light and you know it. and i never ever ever excepted violence against law enforcement. >> i'm looking at you you were looking at me. kash is intense. there is a question, believe it or not, there was a question buried in that rant by adam schiff. the question is is that who we want running the fbi? i will ask you who, what qualities, and what goals and purposes need to be executed and who we want to run the fbi? >> definitely needs to take a change in a different direction from where it has been. i think it was stated many times the fbi is at an all-time low today in terms of the american people's confidence level in them. so i think kash brings a level of understanding both being on the prosecution side, where he prosecuted terrorists, he served in the house of representatives as a lead investigator for us, with and also went on and served in the administration. people forget early

we're going to have to swallow patel.f rfk, but but somewhere in there, we have to show that we're willing to get rid of someone who is completely unqualified. and by by law, she's supposed to be qualified. the law creating that position says that the dni should have extensive intelligence experience. right. and that's not that's not. >> a matter of like, that's a real thing. intelligence gathering is a real thing. and there's a there's a presidential daily brief. we know from trump, 1.0 wasn't a big reader of these things. so it needs to be curated uniquely well in large font and all these kinds of things. she's going to be making those decisions. so she's got unorthodox views on things that could get to trump. and as it relates to russia and ukraine, this is a serious matter because while it while donald trump may not be in the right place on russia and ukraine, lots of republicans are. lots of republicans believe that that america should be supporting its ally, ukraine, against an expansionist russia. we're not. she ec

look, patel really tried to soften his image.ory. he pledged to follow the rule of law. even criticized the sublee, the division by president trump to pardon all of the january 6th rioters. but, look, there was a lot of comments he made in the past. there is a lot of incendiary rhetoric he has offered that democrats really honed in on. republicans it sounds like he going to have the support in the committee worries about maintaining that bipartisan support. you could hear the hostility in a lot of the questioning. he has made incendiary comments come back to bite him. of the three nominees on the hot seat today patel is in the best position. >> bret: trey gowdy you come to this panel with a little bit of a bias on this particular nominee and that your endorsement of him early on set the table for this. how did you think he did today and where do you think this stands? >> i thought he acquitted himself very, very well. he showed independence. hard to disagree with a person nominated for a position. he was pretty clear he would not

patel also denies that he ever mishandled classified information. however, we're also learning that intelligence officials placed what is known as a red flag on patel's security clearance file to document their broader concerns about his handling of classified information during trump's first term. we have a statement from a spokesperson for patel saying, quote, the leaking of years old bogus referrals is evidence our government is in desperate need of reform. it's ironic that the same people who tried to stir up the phony narrative that kash would abuse power are the very ones abusing power to attempt to damage kash. >> and as you point out, there is a history here, not just of policy fights or of sort of being out there to protect donald trump. for him, it is personal. >> yeah, this feud has been going on for years. patel has accused the fbi and the intelligence community of carrying out a, quote, deep state plot against not only trump, but his allies, including himself. but patel points to the fact that he had his communications seized by the gov

kash patel and r.f.k. jr.ome democrats supported six of the seven nominees confirmed by the senate so far. that includes lee zeldin to run the epa. democrats hope to stall the nomination of us are vogt as budget director due to the pause of grants and loans. >> this is a man who time and again has refused to say he will follow the law. every lawmaker who doesn't want to see funds that they worked to secure for their state funds they know their families are counting on ripped away, must vote no. >> city committee green lighted pam bondi this morning. commerce secretary nominee howard lutnick had his hearing today and the senate broke a filibuster on the nomination of doug burgum to serve as secretary of the interior. bret? >> bret: cabinet is filling. chad pergram live on the hill, chad, thanks. security agents escorted the agriculture department inspector general from her office on monday after she refused to comply with her firing from the trump administration. phyllis fong had worked with the department for

patel also denies that he ever mishandled classified information. but also, we're learning that intelligence officials placed what is known as a red flag on patel's security clearance file to document their broader concerns about his handling of classified information during trump's first term. we have a statement from patel's spokesperson saying, quote, the leaking of years old bogus referrals is evidence our government is in desperate need of reform. it's ironic that the same people who try to stir up the phony narrative that kash would abuse power are the very ones abusing power to attempt to damage kash. and zach, as you point out, there's a history here, and it's more than just about donald trump. so what is it that's driving this? there's been a few that's been percolating for years now. patel has accused the fbi and the intelligence community of carrying out a, quote, deep state plot not only against trump, but his allies, including himself. patel points to the fact that he had his communications seized by the government as part of a separate

and before that, kash patel.rom trump's pardons of the violent january 6th rioters, especially those who attacked police officers. that was during patel's confirmation hearing yesterday. patel was not the only nominee grilled by senators over their past comments. tulsi gabbard, trump's choice for director of national intelligence, also appeared before a senate committee yesterday in an equally contentious hearing. nbc news chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles has more. >> do you think. >> that. >> a pair of president trump's top national security nominees, facing high stakes confirmation hearings? >> there will be no politicization at the fbi? >> former federal prosecutor kash patel, nominated for fbi director. the staunch trump supporter pressed by democrats about his independence. >> would you be willing to resign. >> the post. >> of fbi director if pressed and given no choice but to obey the order or resign? >> senator, i will always obey the law. >> and president trump's pardons of violent offenders f

and then your future cash patel. president trump's pick to lead. the fbi began his confirmation hearing by acknowledging the tragic in an air crash over the potomac do that. then the senate judiciary committee began its questioning. look at them right now. i'm looking at you. you're voting on a look at them. democrats are trying to paint patel as unqualified and a trump loyalist. they have expressed concern. patel would use the fbi for political retaliation at the behest of the president due process must be provided without bias to all americans. and if we cannot provide due process to the worst, then there can be no due process for anyone and our constitutional republic fails during one exchange with ranking member durbin. patel seem to break with the president on his recent clemency for january 6 insurrection us checked. and i do not agree the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement. >> patel is a former aide to the house intelligence committee next federal prosecutor who served in trump's firs

patel. they're right there. they're guarding you today. are. >> andrew weissmann, i understand why kash patel wants to be the fbi director, and i think i understand why trump. >> wants him there. >> what i don't. >> understand is why the republicans. >> are so excited about someone who bill barr, mark esper, john bolton, bolton's deputies, the people who worked. >> with him in the past. >> in service. >> of trump's republican. >> agenda. think he's a no go zone. why not pick. >> somebody else who is just as committed to maga. >> when your own. >> people are the ones calling. >> from deep inside. maga world saying this guy is bad news? >> well. >> you. >> could ask that question with. >> respect to a. >> host of nominees where, as we've talked about, there's just no question that we're not talking about, and nobody is saying this is the best person for the job. noticeably absent from any defense of kash patel or any of these, these nominees, they're sort of critical ones. is this idea that this is the best person for the job? there's just n

patel. prior to the committee's november 9th, 2023 supreme court ethics subpoenas, senator blackburn had never raised epstein's flight logs with me publicly or privately. during the november 30th, 2023 supreme court

patel has expressed hostility toward the bureau. he frequently criticizes the so-called deep state in podcast appearances, and has made attacks on the intelligence community a hallmark of his political brand. randi kaye tonight has more. >> president trump. >> gets his home raided on a bogus whatsapp. >> warrant. >> which the fbi leaks to the media. they go in there and they stage that photo display and everybody's like, oh, my god, look at all this. classified materials. >> that was kash patel, president donald trump's nominee for fbi director, on a podcast called the sean ryan show in september last year. patel's podcast appearances have a common theme retribution for the so-called deep state. >> the mob in government is worse than the mob that whitey bulger ran. that that we have to explain. there's a deep state. i think there's a lot of rule and law breaking, and i don't know that it ever gets the level of treason singularly with any of them. but what you have is a build up of so many actions by the deep state that it becomes bo

kash patel get the answers. >> do you think you will get votes?> i'm not hearing that he wo won't. it sounds like he's headed that way. >> i think he will, he demonstrated he has the background and capacity. most people when they learn m more, they become more impressed. he is the right background and approach, the trust of the president of the united states together with pam bondi will be confirmed next week, both will be a powerhouse and they will make the changes we need. >> criticizing kash patel haven't listened to him speak. the way he was answering, he made the senators that because he was more prepared than they were and he has more knowledge of what they were talking about and then the foresight to come up with the ideas of how we will fix it. i think that's what people want. >> are a lot of observations that democrats during these hearings were repeating questions over and over so it became obvious they were struggling to have the wind they thought they would and i thought people struggle maybe but he seems like -- go ahead. >> of democr

reporter: quite a long day for kash patel. nominee for fbi director, it looks like he will make it all republicans seemed on board he did take tough questions and heard from bothsides of aisle. >> either you will run your agency or the agency will run you. >> american people deserve an fbi director focused on keeping our families safe from terrorism, drug trafficking and violence crime. not the check list of grievances we find in this book. >> priority of fbi, if i am con firmed, will be to ensure our communities are protected and safeguarded and children have parks to play in and not needles to walk over. reporter: mr. patel asked to clarify his views on january 6, one week after president trump granted clemency to more than 1500 people involved in the january 62021 attack. patel said this. >> i do not agree with competition of a 10 se sentence of any individual who committed violence against law everyone force am. reporter: patil could serve up to 10 years in role, but as we have seen with comey and wray it is up to the pres

but kash patel, there was no dispute. that he produced the j six choir. these are the people who were in prison for the january 6th attack. some of the worst of the worst, to be honest. who sang the national anthem and donald trump's had his voice dubbed in and at trump rallies. they would begin by saying, please rise for the unfairly treated january 6th hostages, and they would play that song. kash patel called them political prisoners. kash patel is alarming because he'll do whatever trump wants. he's on team trump, which is not team america. there's team america and there's team trump. kash patel is on team trump. >> what do you make of the fact that we're seeing this purge at the fbi happen? the week that he is being confirmed as an fbi director, and literally after he said that there won't be a retribution of employees at the fbi. >> whatever they say, just think and believe the opposite of what is being said. i think that kash patel, being. named as the fbi director, is. going to make j. edgar hoover look like a kin

our next nominee, i'd like to turn to kash patel. he is on the hill today, going through his confirmation hearings. kash is president trump's pick to be the fbi director, who testified in front of the senate all morning long. kash is an excellent choice, and he has my full support. it's clear to the american people that the culture at the top, of our top police agency in this country, the fbi, is rotten, it's rotten to the core. we have some good people, but the people in charge have made devastating decisions against a lot of people across this country. it is far past time to clean house at the fbi. over the last four years, we've seen the bureau become politicized and weaponized. the biden administration turned the fbi into the fake bureau of investigation. the scales of justice were never fair and balanced under the last administration. christopher wray, the director, went after parents at school boards, pro-lifers. he went after catholics. he went after grandmas who peacefully protested right outside this building on january 6. h

we begin with the patel hearing. let's go right to nbc. >> news. >> chief capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, what would we what have we heard so far from patel and. which republicans are you keeping an eye on? >> yeah. so this will be an interesting. difference of opinion in the approach to kash patel today on capitol hill on. obviously, democrats are very. >> concerned about. >> patel's background, his delving into. >> conspiracy theories, his. >> ultimate loyalty to. >> donald trump. >> and the enemies list that. >> he. >> created on. >> donald. >> trump's behalf in a book. >> that he recently. >> wrote, and the fear. >> that he may use that enemies list. >> and then the power of the fbi as a political. >> retribution tool for donald trump. >> but on. >> the. >> other side, republicans. suggest that patel is. the kind of change agent that the. fbi needs. >> to. >> restore the. integrity to this unit that. >> they argue has lost. >> a bit of the respect. >> of the. american people. and patel, who. >> desp

if con if i wered, patel could -- confirmed patel could serve up to ten years in that role but we've seen with james comey and christopher wray, it's up to the president and they could be replaced at any time. larry. larry: thank you, david spunt. over to fox news chad pergram with the details from tulsi gabbard's hearing. chad, thank you for doing this. reporter: larry, good afternoon. no other nominee faces as much trouble getting confirmed but tulsi gabbard for director of intelligence. it's about the math. she could face as many as six republican noes in the senate and trying to flip doubters to yes. >> ms. gabbard, what would you say to republicans? >> you'll hear it in the hearing. reporter: senators from both sides questioned ba gabbard abot her bill to pardon edward snowdin after raiding fbi secrets and fled to russia. >> at the same time you were skeptical of the intelligence communities assessments, you would not apply the same skepticism to information that came from sympathizers of russian assad. reporter: some senators wonder if gabbard will truly safeguard america's sec

. >> of trump's picture on the fbi kash patel is awaiting his senate confirmation vote he has alreadyeaders with his pledge to clean out the bureau. >> kash patel knocked it out of the park he is the anecdote a crossfire hurricane party is going to go and clean the fbi out to make sure it's never abuse like it was in the past. and crossfire hurricane was one of the saddest and most dangerous chapters in fbi history. he is the guy who's helped expose it and he will be the solution not the problem when it comes to the fbi. how do you expect the fbi to change if you keep everybody in place that's in part of the problem? >> it's a really good question. another question i'm going to ask you. were going to look at some of the most recent focus of the fbi if you will. generate six attendees per light activist, parent school board meemeeting crossfire hurricane, russia collusion the carter page pfizer war. what if i have to fighting a responsible himself up and kill hundreds of thousands of people in times square which literally with the main and only real job of the fbi. >> president trump w

they said we want kash patel. everything adam schiff said it's garbage, it's nonsense, there to besmirc shvh who is loyal to the country. we saw a master class from kash patel on ducking and weaving the questions. maria: let's not forget the history between kash patel and adam schiff. he went on every morning program, chuck todd and the rest, he said trump colluded and russia collusion was in plain sight. he was okay with the fbi basically recording and surveilling first candidate trump and then president trump, cheryl . >> yeah. i spoke with a source that has known kash patel for years to attest to his character and he said look at his record as a federal prosecutor, his other work. also he said that within the intelligence community he is respected because he understands that bureaucracy has no place within the fbi and that kash's goal when gets in and he'll get the appointment, no it, he's going to go in and make sure the give does their job, -- the fbi does their job, they follow the letter of the law. he said

. >> trace: it is sad, thank you coming up, cash patel and rfk jr. held their own against a slot from democrats, did they do enough to push themselves into the president's new cabinet and later in the nightcap, last night the trump administration took mere minutes to respond to the deadly mid airplane crash, and hours to respond to questions, the biden administration, took hours to respond to the new orleans terrorist attack earlier this month and several days to answer questions. in fact, we went back and looked, kj p waited a full 62 hours before holding everything and it appears biden never answered a single question from the news media. except for this... >> i'm not going to comment on any specific things. >> trace: are you surprised by the contrast? it -- is it essential our elected leaders respond quickly to national events? let us know on twitter and instagram, we will read your responses coming up in the nightcap. >> trace: the fox news in a common sense department is pretty sure you cannot just say whatever you want to say without somebody -

kash patel ain't got, ain't got like j. edgar hoover ain't got nothing on kash patel. >> nothing. crap can be summed up in one one quote from him. so let it let it come out of his own mouth so we know exactly what he thinks about the job that he's being asked to, to, to do this is his give me e 34. >> what's that? >> hoover building. >> on day one and reopening the next day as a museum. >> of the deep state. >> that's all you need to know. i don't give a damn what he says after that, because that tells you the man, the sum and substance of the next fbi director right there. and if you work in the building, that's the person you don't want coming in the door on day one, because that's what he wants to do. that's what he thinks of the men and women who sacrifices their life every day, every day for us. he wants to open up their office, their building, their field, their field operations as a museum to the deep state of which, by the way, he this whole made up fanciful thing. so for someone like yourself who's put their life on the line in government, government service and worked wi

patel also denies that he ever. mishandled classified information. but we're also learning that intelligence officials placed what is known as a red flag on patel's security. security clearance file to document their broader concerns about his handling of classified information during trump's first term. now, we have a statement from a spokesperson for patel saying, quote, the leaking of years old bogus referrals is evidence our government is in desperate need of reform. it's ironic that the same people who try to stir up the phony narrative that kash would abuse power are the very ones abusing power to attempt to damage kash. now, to be sure, all this and more will come up during kash patel thursday confirmation hearing on capitol hill. he's going to face a lot of tough questions from senators before he's ultimately confirmed as the next fbi director. >> one of many confirmation hearings that we are set to hear from trump nominees that could be extremely controversial. zach cohen, appreciate the reporting. thanks so much. and thank you so much for j

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and then your futurecast patel, president trump's pick to lead. the fbi began his confirmation hearing by acknowledging the tragic air crash over the potomac do that. then the senate judiciary committee began its questioning. look at them right now. >> i'm looking at you. you're voting on a look at them. democrats are trying to paint patel as unqualified and a trump loyalist. they have expressed concern. patel would use the fbi for political retaliation at the behest of the president due process must be provided without bias to all americans. and if we cannot provide due process to the worst, then there can be no due process for anyone and our constitutional republic fails during one exchange with ranking member durbin. patel seem to break with the president on his recent clemency for january 6 insurrection u.s. check. and i do not agree the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement. >> patel is a former aide to the house intelligence committee next federal prosecutor who served in trump's first a