FBI Director Kash Patel turned the tables on a Democratic Home lawmaker Wednesday who accused him of weaponizing the bureau to focus on political figures he wrote about in his 2023 guide.
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) charged throughout a Home Appropriations Committee listening to that an appendix of names in Patel’s guide, “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy,” is being utilized by Patel and President Trump as an “enemies list.”
“It concerns me how many people from this blueprint have been targeted with executive orders and FBI investigations,” Dean instructed the FBI director, earlier than asking, “When can I, a former impeachment manager, expect the FBI at my door?”
“Ma’am,” Patel responded. “You need to know who was focused by a weaponized FBI? Me.
“You want to know how and why? You want to know what I’m doing to fix it?” the fiery FBI director continued, however Dean didn’t seem .
“Let me move on,” the congresswoman mentioned, making an attempt to alter subjects, earlier than Patel interjected.
“Well, you should read the book because there’s no enemies list on that book,” the FBI chief instructed Dean, describing the appendix the congresswoman was referring to as a listing of individuals “that violated their constitutional obligations and their duties to the American individuals.
“They were rightly called out — and you should give that book to every one of your constituents so they can read about it,” Patel demanded.
After Dean indicated that she wouldn’t be offering residents of Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District copies of Patel’s guide, he replied, “That’s their loss.”
Patel confirmed throughout his Senate affirmation listening to that he was subpoenaed and compelled to testify earlier than a federal grand jury as a part of former particular counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s retention of White Home paperwork at Mar-a-Lago after his first time period.
Many have argued that the case, for which felony prices towards Trump had been dismissed final July, was politically motivated.
